Money can’t buy happiness … right?
Down in Tampa, prosecutors today gave their opening arguments in the trial of DeeDee Moore, accused of murdering Abraham Shakespeare. Her alleged motive?
Shakespeare, a barely literate man with a long record of petty crime, “got lucky” and won $17 million in the Florida lottery. According to police, Moore then finagled her way into Shakespeare’s life, got him to sign away what was left of his winnings, killed him and then buried him in her backyard beneath a concrete slab.
So … have you bought your Powerball tickets yet? I’m told the jackpot is now up to $550 million.
Somebody, somewhere, is likely to have a life-altering experience tonight at 10:59 EST. A lot of their troubles — problems at work, a boss they hate, worries about paying the bills — will disappear, only to be replaced by a whole ‘nother set of problems that in most cases they are much less equipped to handle.
Friendships will be broken. Families may be rent asunder. Simple lives will become much, much more complex. As Sandra Hayes, whose share of a 2006 Powerball winner came to a measly $6 million, told Fox:
“I had to adapt to this new life. I had to endure the greed and the need that people have, trying to get you to release your money to them. That caused a lot of emotional pain. These are people who you’ve loved deep down, and they’re turning into vampires trying to suck the life out of me.”
So … bought your tickets yet? Time’s running short.
– Jay Bookman
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Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 28th, 2012
5:24 pm
Oh sure…. I want to be a job creator when I when but I am not going to create jobs if they raise my taxes.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
5:25 pm
So … bought your tickets yet?
Yep, but just one and only $2 worth.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
5:26 pm
SECOND!
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 28th, 2012
5:27 pm
Well for $2 I was going to commit voter fraud, but the odds of winning this lottery were better.
Doggone/GA
November 28th, 2012
5:28 pm
“So … bought your tickets yet? ”
Nope, but I might buy one AFTER this humongous payout is won by someone
josef
November 28th, 2012
5:30 pm
It’s true money can’t buy happiness, but it can for damn sure rent it…
barking frog
November 28th, 2012
5:31 pm
But it can get so close….
Dum-Bass
November 28th, 2012
5:33 pm
Nope, money can’t buy happiness, just like writing for a major newspaper does not make one automatically very intelligent. Now, let’s see, who would that apply to……………………..?
barking frog
November 28th, 2012
5:33 pm
A National Lottery to pay off the debt might work…
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 28th, 2012
5:33 pm
Well if I win, I am sure I can steal away Kam’s many girlfriends.
Liberal Nightmare
November 28th, 2012
5:33 pm
Would sure buy a lot of happy endings though……
josef
November 28th, 2012
5:35 pm
Dum Bass
Aw, lighten up! I doubt the Imam holds you in any higher esteem than you do him…and what makes you so smart, anyway…
And IMAM
You better remember that when you win the lottery…
indigo
November 28th, 2012
5:36 pm
I’ve been hearing for years now that money can’t buy happiness. I’ve also heard that while money isn’t everything, it sure beats whatever is in second place.
In order to arrive at a correct answer, it will be necessary for me to win tonight’s lottery and be filthy rich for at least ten years. Then, I may be able to answer this age old question.
I just know the lottery gods, in the interest of science, will give me the winning numbers.
Of course, I also believe Republicans will renounce their Big Business gods and actually care for the people.
Anybody got any good oil well stocks I can buy?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
5:36 pm
Keep
It’s time for a new crop anyway.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
5:37 pm
It would be just my luck to win, and then the Mayans would be right.
liberal hack
November 28th, 2012
5:38 pm
Shut w/ that amount of money, I wouldn’t care what the tax rate was, unless it went over 50%….
If I won it, I wouldn’t tell a soul…..anonymous charity would be what I would do.
If money doesn’t buy happiness, why then do people either want it so bad or horde it if they got it…
josef
November 28th, 2012
5:39 pm
K’Chak
@ 5:37
Jay
November 28th, 2012
5:39 pm
BJ Upton just won his own personal lottery — signed a five-year, $75 million contract to play centerfield for the Braves.
josef
November 28th, 2012
5:41 pm
HACK
“…anonymous charity would be what I would do.”
Yeah, me, too. REALLY anonymous…that’s my story and I’m sticking to it…
Doggone/GA
November 28th, 2012
5:41 pm
“Shut w/ that amount of money, I wouldn’t care what the tax rate was, unless it went over 50%….”
Well, according to the report I heard this morning…if you win, and you take the lump sum payout, you’ll get 360 million BEFORE taxes. So add what you would pay in taxes, to the money you WON’T get and it probably comes pretty close to that 50%
Lord Help Us
November 28th, 2012
5:42 pm
But, what if you win the lottery and then have to pay 39% instead of 35% on the winnings…
Just wouldn’t be worth it…
liberal hack
November 28th, 2012
5:42 pm
Wow, Jay reports on sports too? Impressive…
Who’s winning the UGA VS BAMA game….
I’m pulling for UGA!
Logical Dude
November 28th, 2012
5:43 pm
I’d buy a Tesla.
Mr. Snarky
November 28th, 2012
5:44 pm
Just think of all the upper middleclass kids who will get their Hope Scholarship beemers from schlubs playing the lottery! 550 mil is a lot of dough, though.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
5:45 pm
Wow, Jay reports on sports too? Impressive…
From the top left corner of this page, right next to Jay’s picture: About Jay Bookman
An Atlanta blog with a little bit of opinion about a whole lot of things
Do you guys ever pay attention to details?
Geez….
getalife
November 28th, 2012
5:45 pm
I bought some.
You can’t win if you don’t play.
Go Dawgs!
Mr. Snarky
November 28th, 2012
5:45 pm
Just think of all the workers I could hire and then fire when my presidential candidate lost…ahhh good times.
Doggone/GA
November 28th, 2012
5:46 pm
“550 mil is a lot of dough, though.”
The winner won’t get anywhere near that amount
Peadawg
November 28th, 2012
5:46 pm
I bought my one for $2. I’m hoping for “just” the 10k or the 1 million. I don’t want to win the 550 million jackpot.
josef
November 28th, 2012
5:47 pm
I’d get me a Lexus, go to Whole Foods, load up on prom burkas….
LaKeisha Jackson
November 28th, 2012
5:48 pm
It’s certainly true that money can’t buy happiness. But the lack of a certain minimum amount of money is enough to cause you to be unhappy. And a lot of money can “buy” you freedom from worry and it can also buy you both the time and freedom to do the things that DO make you happy.
Mr. Snarky
November 28th, 2012
5:48 pm
Jay, so are you filling in for DOB? It’d be nice to be paid to go to spring training.
Mr. Snarky
November 28th, 2012
5:50 pm
“The winner won’t get anywhere near that amount”
Sounds good though. I’d hire Mitt’s money men to hide it away.
liberal hack
November 28th, 2012
5:50 pm
Doggone, I’ve been told you don’t get the cash option on powerball….i’ve also heard the cut in taxes from the lottery in Georgia is 25% federal and 15% state so 40% total is gone….
Josef, that comment was too funny….but seriously to help out family and others you would have to be anonymous; there is a Bible proverb about the wealthy having many “friends.”
Aquagirl
November 28th, 2012
5:50 pm
I don’t want to win the 550 million jackpot.
If you’re that misfortunate I would be more than happy to take it off your hands.
Somebody’s gotta take the pain.
Peadawg
November 28th, 2012
5:51 pm
You can have the headaches, Aquagirl.
I’ll take the 100, 10k, or 1 million and be fine.
Doggone/GA
November 28th, 2012
5:52 pm
“I’ve been told you don’t get the cash option on powerball”
and the report *I* heard was specifically ABOUT Powerball and they said there were 2 options: a 30 year annual payment OR a lump sum amount.
Willydoit?
November 28th, 2012
5:52 pm
“I had to endure the greed and the need that people have, trying to get you to release your money to them.”
Welcome to the world of the 1%ers!
Of course, she could have just given it all to a politician and let him dole her winnings out to people that “really” need it.
liberal hack
November 28th, 2012
5:53 pm
Kamchak, don’t ya know conservatives don’t read or pay attention to details…;) at least I don’t anyway….
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
5:53 pm
…I’ve been told you don’t get the cash option on powerball….
You were misinformed.
You don’t have to specify at the time of purchase, because it comes with the cash option.
barking frog
November 28th, 2012
5:53 pm
Aquagirl
If you’re that misfortunate I would be more than happy to take it off your hands.
…………………………………………………………….
You’re so generous. That’s why i’m a groupie!
josef
November 28th, 2012
5:53 pm
HACK
Truth be told, I’d probably give a whole lot of it away, too…I wouldn’t want the problems that would come with it…
They BOTH suck
November 28th, 2012
5:54 pm
“I don’t want to win the 550 million jackpot.”
Well if you do win it, send Jay an email stating that I said it was ok for him to give you my email address. I will come get the ticket. Once it is cashed in, I will give you 1M; no taxes deducted.
liberal hack
November 28th, 2012
5:55 pm
Oh okay. Doggone..anyhow gotta go for now…gotta a fun my 4 children to dinner and church. Have fun…..
Peter
November 28th, 2012
5:56 pm
Money is a tool like a hammer or a computer…. what ever it takes….. but wow big sums really give one the opportunity to relax, help others and it takes away a burden if one is able to handle success in a humble way.
Willydoit?
November 28th, 2012
5:56 pm
$550 million! Even after taxes….
I would make a quite a few people VERY happy!
barking frog
November 28th, 2012
6:00 pm
Maybe just Obama on the brain but that guy in the picture looks
like the President.
Jerry Eads
November 28th, 2012
6:02 pm
Actually, was tempted – but not enough to get away from my paper grading and honey-do’s to go drop 20 bux on 10 of ‘em. Cursed by the doc with an unhealthy dose of probability statistics, I know only too well the actual chance of winning is awfully close to zero. BUT: not zero.
You guys and gals are providing bux to education here in Georgia. One of the VERY few states that promised to do so and actually kept its promise (so far). May be the only good thing I can say about the state with maybe the shysteriest politics in the nation. Hasn’t mattered whether Ass or Elephant.
Whoever wins: be reminded of the folks who got a free house on a TV show. Borrowed against the house, went bankrupt (short version). Do your best to find some wise help. MAYBE you’ll end up with a happy life. Sure hope so. Give away lots of it to good causes.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
6:03 pm
For the lottery winner:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIGMUAMevH0
Aquagirl
November 28th, 2012
6:07 pm
You’re so generous. That’s why i’m a groupie!
I haven’t even won and the sucking-up has started…..:)
Dunwoody Granny
November 28th, 2012
6:09 pm
What I’ve read is that winning the lottery doesn’t make people happy. People who are already pretty much content with their lives become wealthy people who are pretty much content with their lives. They deal with their new problems successfully, much the way they dealt with their old ones. People who are unhappy with their lives before winning the lottery become wealthy people who are unhappy with their lives, and most eventually become formerly-wealthy people who are unhappy with their lives. It’s all about what you bring to the table.
I’m a stable, happy person and ready to win!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
6:09 pm
Aquagirl
Didja hear about the new wimmen’s professional soccer league beginning in 2013?
josef
November 28th, 2012
6:11 pm
DUNWOODY GRANNY
That’s a test of character I’m willing to take..
Banderson
November 28th, 2012
6:11 pm
If I win, I’m becoming a Republican.
barking frog
November 28th, 2012
6:12 pm
Aquagirl
But no one else has offered to accept the winnings of
another to relieve their pain. You have the heart of a lawyer!!!
TaxPayer
November 28th, 2012
6:13 pm
How many rural Georgia counties will a half billion dollars buy?
Lord Help Us
November 28th, 2012
6:13 pm
At 11EST tonight…how many people are gonna feel like Karl Rove on election night?
barking frog
November 28th, 2012
6:14 pm
Taxpayer
All of them.
Skip
November 28th, 2012
6:15 pm
I’m at least $1.00 ahead of everyone here who got a ticket, or are they $2.00 ?
They BOTH suck
November 28th, 2012
6:18 pm
Lord Help Us
Millions will be saying that calling the numbers is too early and it can’t be done as they melt down.
Aquagirl
November 28th, 2012
6:19 pm
Didja hear about the new wimmen’s professional soccer league beginning in 2013?
WAT?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
6:21 pm
Aquagirl
The good news is they are restarting a new professional league.
The bad news is that Atlanta is not included in the starting eight teams.
JamVet
November 28th, 2012
6:22 pm
If they weren’t already, all that money still wouldn’t make anyone a…. (it takes something else)
Some men’s world is only hate and money
Afraid of everything and they laugh at nothing
And they only live to criticize
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HavIYhoAiUE
BRW
November 28th, 2012
6:23 pm
“You have the heart of a lawyer!!!”
DANG! That’s gonna leave a mark……
clem
November 28th, 2012
6:25 pm
let’s all chip in and my nero a ticket
Nero
November 28th, 2012
6:25 pm
How many urban leeches will half a billion buy?
Doggone/GA
November 28th, 2012
6:26 pm
“I’m a stable, happy person and ready to win!”
The lottery players prayer: “Please God, let me prove that winning the lottery won’t spoil me”
Nero
November 28th, 2012
6:27 pm
Thanks clem! Still not going away chief. How’re the other leeches doing?
Nero
November 28th, 2012
6:28 pm
Enter your comments here
Wait a minute
November 28th, 2012
6:28 pm
Sucking the life out of an ‘ordinary’ person. Like liberals, ha ha.
Maybe she just needs better friends rather than some sort of posse
josef
November 28th, 2012
6:30 pm
Oh, well…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PwtRCeL_a8&feature=related
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
6:30 pm
Enter your comments anywhere else but here
They BOTH suck
November 28th, 2012
6:31 pm
Doggone @ 6:26
That was too funny. I’m sure that for a few folks, you are not that far off.
jconservative
November 28th, 2012
6:33 pm
“Money can’t buy happiness … right?”
Probably correct. I have never had “money” but have been pretty happy for 70 years.
Then again, …………………………………….
Nero
November 28th, 2012
6:33 pm
If I win I’m thinking of getting a desk next to Jay at the Urinal & Constipation. It’ll be a blast.
Doggone/GA
November 28th, 2012
6:34 pm
“That was too funny”
Yeah, it tickled my funny bone too when I first heard it. And it truly does have a ring of truth in it!
They BOTH suck
November 28th, 2012
6:34 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkhX5W7JoWI
Aquagirl
November 28th, 2012
6:35 pm
“You have the heart of a lawyer!!!”
DANG! That’s gonna leave a mark……
I took it as a complement. Heh.
Kam, I bet my lottery winnings could get an Atlanta franchise. If this new league is a non-profit like the NFL I could even get a tax write off.
alex
November 28th, 2012
6:35 pm
This has been studied, but recently data does suggest that $ does buy happiness, yew a point, if I remember accurately,once the basic needs of the individual are taken care of-there is NO relationship between $ and happiness. basic, nothing special, no porch for Kam
a .246 hitter with 15 million a year, he’s a pretty good guy,unlike his brother. I hope that buys us Braves fans happiness…i
Elections Have Consequences
November 28th, 2012
6:36 pm
“Friendships will be broken. Families may be rent asunder. Simple lives will become much, much more complex”
I’m sure most of us would be willing to take that chance.
RF
November 28th, 2012
6:38 pm
“How many urban leeches will half a billion buy?”
I don’t know, but any respectable republican now knows 300 million won’t buy an election!
nevadasmith
November 28th, 2012
6:39 pm
Karl Marx had said: Religion is the Opiate of the Masses,I would suggest that the Lottery has become
the new Drug of the Masses.
RF
November 28th, 2012
6:40 pm
alex: I have an article I use with my kids at school that says up to about 75k it does buy happiness, but after that it’s just fluff that ends up costing more than it’s worth. It’s like the kid who gets all the toys but really just wants to play with the box.
Nero
November 28th, 2012
6:42 pm
With Frank Wren and Liberty Media at the helm, no amount of money is gonna help The Bravos. Just another Dan Uggla disappointment in the wings.
Tundra Dude
November 28th, 2012
6:43 pm
“550 mil is a lot of dough, though.”
The winner won’t get anywhere near that amount
The Winner (ME) will take the cash payment, which should be around $350 mill.
After fed/state taxes, I’ll have around $290 mill.
ps: Happiness is sooo over-rated, not even on my shopping list.
Nero
November 28th, 2012
6:43 pm
RF,
Yup. It takes EBT cards and Obama phones. Get with the 21st century chief!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
6:45 pm
no porch for Kam
Yep, I got a porch.
Also got a 30′ x 33′ deck with an arbor and a swing, sport.
TaxPayer
November 28th, 2012
6:47 pm
What is ole Andy doing these days? I heard he even got kicked off of Kyle’s blog. that’s so sad.
Dum-Bass
November 28th, 2012
6:49 pm
Now the Braves will have an “UGGLA and a “STRUGGLA” !!!!!!!!!!! “OOPSY TWINS” !!!!!!!
Tundra Dude
November 28th, 2012
6:50 pm
correction:
The cash option should be around $240 mill after taxes,
Nero
November 28th, 2012
6:51 pm
Dum-Bass,
I hope you’re wrong, but fear you’ve nailed it.
josef
November 28th, 2012
6:51 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8P80A8vy9I
They BOTH suck
November 28th, 2012
6:53 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDilW50jf50
Finn de Siècle (The System isn't Broken; It's Fixed)
November 28th, 2012
6:54 pm
a person is more likely to birth identical quadruplets, become president of the United States, drown in a bathtub or find a four-leaf clover than score a winning ticket.
They BOTH suck
November 28th, 2012
6:56 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WCFUGCOLLU
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
November 28th, 2012
6:57 pm
BJ Upton just won his own personal lottery — signed a five-year, $75 million contract to play centerfield for the Braves.
Well, we needed another strike-out artist. Too bad he’s not a pitcher that strikes batters out. He’s just the guy that strikes out most of the time. Him and this Dan Ugly could set a major league record for most strike-outs in a single season if they both can stay healthy.
I use to dream about winning a big lottery. First thing I’d do is buy a pair of double-wides and stack them on top of each other. Then I’d buy a
big assgood size pickup. But I wouldn’t forget the little people. No sir, I’d give a buck or two to Goodwill or maybe the Salvation Army.And it would be real nice to walk into the boss’s office down at the warehouse the next morning and tell him he was fired ’cause I was buying up the distributing company that hires him.
But I reckon I’d better be sure and get a good night’s sleep so I can get up and go to work tomorrow. Dreams ain’t real. Have a good night everybody.
Tundra Dude
November 28th, 2012
6:57 pm
a person is more likely to birth identical quadruplets, become president of the United States, drown in a bathtub or find a four-leaf clover than score a winning ticket.
message from all the previous winners:
So What!
alex
November 28th, 2012
7:00 pm
@RF sounds about right, a number foyers ago I bought a book in Rumford, maine.It addressed this issue, can’t find the book..What’s your reference?
AND a swing, wow, geez, special,IMPRESSIVE..an extra 990 square feet of space,”fly me to the moon…”
RF
November 28th, 2012
7:00 pm
“Yup. It takes EBT cards and Obama phones. Get with the 21st century chief!”
And at least those EBT cards would be used for consumable goods in the US economy, thus helping continue the supply/demand cycle. Unlike that 300 million that bought a lot of hot air and promises from Pat that God assured him the election was won. Now THAT’S a bad investment.
luckylu
November 28th, 2012
7:00 pm
I can’t wait to go to Disney World!
Nero
November 28th, 2012
7:02 pm
It’s the only regressive tax that leeches line up to gladly pay. If they just include an application for food stamps and Obama phones on the play slips, then the jackpot could surely hit a billion! Hell yeah!! High five!!
Rabbit
November 28th, 2012
7:04 pm
Money can’t buy happiness. But if a person is comfortable in their own skin, it could take away a lot of the things challenging their predisposition to be happy.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
7:04 pm
,IMPRESSIVE..
Stupendous.
And you know why?
‘Cause the first thing I did when I awoke this morning I said to myself, “Self, what can you do today to impress wittle awex?
Always rewarding to have confirmation of my goals.
Tundra Dude
November 28th, 2012
7:05 pm
promises from Pat that God assured him the election was won.
Months ago, he claimed “god” already told him who would be the winner…..
so why was he campaigning for Romney…..??
Rabbit
November 28th, 2012
7:08 pm
Great tune, Jay. Wonder what Speaker Boehner would do with a million dollars.
Nero
November 28th, 2012
7:09 pm
Yup RF keep thinking that chief..
http://forbezdvd.com/cod.php?v=MTU1ODQ
josef
November 28th, 2012
7:12 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8P80A8vy9I
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
7:15 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgNfhV5I_zc
FrankLeeDarling
November 28th, 2012
7:16 pm
David leeRoth once said” money can’t buy happiness but It can buy a boat big enough to pull up right next to it”
Mick
November 28th, 2012
7:17 pm
I think after taxes the payout would be over 200 million. After securing my families future, I’d like to be a real job creator. The risk part of the equation being removed, it would be ok just to break even or turn an extra dime.
Not all people could handle the windfall, but I’d also like to think that no matter what, the material world can’t own me, just rent me for awhile…
RF
November 28th, 2012
7:21 pm
Nero 7:09 I may pick at ya, but I gotta admit that’s a funny one!!! Long story, but I’m raising my two nephews because of a sister’s drug problems. She had her an EBT card for a short while and would actually take her dealer to the grocery store and buy for him to pay off some of her drug debt. I’m not as much of a blind liberal as you might think…
That said, I still think it’s much more Godly to take care of folks, regardless of you opinion of them, than to justify letting them suffer. I will OWN the Good Samaritan moniker, and I’ve yet to hear from God (probably should check with Pat on this) that I have a right to judge anyone or withhold from them because they don’t meet my standards. They all, whether we like it or not, meet God’s, ya know?
Nero
November 28th, 2012
7:24 pm
Just another leech with delusions of grandeur. The only job you’d create is the PR person extolling to the rest of the leeches what a wonderful and caring person you are. Meanwhile, you’d only give the minimum to secure that tax write-off. You’re funny.
Soothsayer
November 28th, 2012
7:25 pm
Jay, if I won the Powerball, I would leave this God-forsaken, war-mongering, hate-filled country for someplace peaceful and never look back.
josef
November 28th, 2012
7:26 pm
NERO
“You’re funny.”
And so are you. But remember, looks aren’t everything.
St Simons - he-ne-ha BOOTAKOOK 2014
November 28th, 2012
7:27 pm
the after-tax will be bout $300mil – hell, I could buy an election wit dat
oh wait….
josef
November 28th, 2012
7:27 pm
SOOTH
And where would that be?
josef
November 28th, 2012
7:28 pm
He ne ha…
Thass a lotta beads…
Nero
November 28th, 2012
7:30 pm
RF,
Kudos for stepping up and taking care of those boys. Wish more would follow your example. You should still avoid the leeches. They just suck and suck until there is nothing left. Then they steal from the futures of the next generation. Teach your kids that.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
7:31 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlcCzkgQChc
Soothsayer
November 28th, 2012
7:33 pm
And where would that be?
Scandinavia would be a good start — Lutherans, you know. With $500,000,000.00 I think I could buy enough firewood to keep me warm. Maybe a “bed warmer” to boot.
Maybe New Zealand. Suggest something.
josef
November 28th, 2012
7:34 pm
RF
Well, looks like you got your leech exemption! Wonder if he’ll give me one, too?
Nero
November 28th, 2012
7:34 pm
josef,
Flattery will get you everywhere. I’ll buy ya a nice gift if I win.
Nero
November 28th, 2012
7:35 pm
Ok josef you can have one.
josef
November 28th, 2012
7:36 pm
SOOTH
The Scandahoovians and the Kiwis take part a plenty in the war mongering…they’ve contributed troops and war materiel to out little adventures…check into it…lots of money comes from the Swedish armaments industries…and on and on…
Nero
November 28th, 2012
7:36 pm
Don’t spread it around too much. I have to keep my street cred.
josef
November 28th, 2012
7:39 pm
NERO
Thanks….now if I can just get me one of Scout’s and Del’s Get Out of Leviticus Free cards to go with the Imam’s Doddering Old Fool card…I’ll have it made…
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman Who's Gonna Win The $500M :)
November 28th, 2012
7:40 pm
I don’t know, but any respectable republican now knows 300 million won’t buy an election!
Booyah!
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Keep: Well for $2 I was going to commit voter fraud, but the odds of winning this lottery were better.
You need help keep!
Soothsayer
November 28th, 2012
7:42 pm
You know, it occurs to me that most people alive today in the United States (except for the very oldest) have not known an extended period in their lives when the United States was not involved in some sort of war. When you think about it, since the end of WWII, we have been involved in an almost complete line of conflicts of one kind or another.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
7:42 pm
“You can have my leech when you pry it from my cold dead fingers.”
– Thomas “Hirudinea” Jefferson
Nero
November 28th, 2012
7:42 pm
Good luck with that
Nero
November 28th, 2012
7:44 pm
Hirudinea!! Lol! Too funny Kammy!
RF
November 28th, 2012
7:44 pm
“Teach your kids that”
I teach my kids that nothing in life is free and satisfaction comes from only from what you’ve invested your time and energy in, regardless of money. I also teach them that compassion and self-LESS-ness is the most important key to joy. You learn that when you share what you have, no matter how small, with those who need it most. It’s hard not to judge, but you don’t know someone’s real life until you live it. I spend my days working with kids who lack much more than material possessions, and the love I give, along with the occasional dollar for lunch or cookies I’ve baked myself, bring more joy to life than the wasting of my time trying to judge whether or not they’ve spent their money wisely enough to pay for their own lunch. My boys are incredibly giving because they know what they did without in their early lives. They know their energy is better spent helping rather than looking down on others. We’re all a paycheck or two from being on the streets ourselves as we judge those are already there.
RF
November 28th, 2012
7:46 pm
“Well, looks like you got your leech exemption!”
Nah, I manage to be enough of a bleeding heart that I’ll earn it back right quick, I’m sure!!
josef
November 28th, 2012
7:46 pm
SOOTH
The Ford and Carter years…and that’s the longest period in my lifetime…I think about that a lot…
Havin fun
November 28th, 2012
7:46 pm
I’d take some of the money and buy up the property around td’s trailer.
Put a home for unwed minority mothers on one side and a gay bar on the other.
josef
November 28th, 2012
7:47 pm
DDR
You could buy a couple real nice boas with that kinda cash…
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman Who's Gonna Win The $500M :)
November 28th, 2012
7:50 pm
If I’d win, I’d buy a new pink boa for me and josef:
http://beatlephotoblog.com/photos/2012/11/129.jpg
if you do not play, you will NOT win...
November 28th, 2012
7:50 pm
….why $pend a lot on several ticket$..it only takes ONE to win!
St Simons - he-ne-ha BOOTAKOOK 2014
November 28th, 2012
7:50 pm
josef, i finished ‘adam’ – i wondered if anybody was keeping up with that.
i like reading and really learning at the same time – really good.
Nero
November 28th, 2012
7:50 pm
I’m not the cold-hearted beast that many of Bookman’s sycophants wanna portray. I think you’re a example of what is good in these apprehensive times. Those boys will be string and honorable young men with with you leading the way. Ok I have to shower now. The love is making me gag!
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman Who's Gonna Win The $500M :)
November 28th, 2012
7:51 pm
josef oh wow! how about that!! seems like great minds think alike!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
7:54 pm
I’m not the cold-hearted beast that many of Bookman’s sycophants wanna portray.
To be frank, we’re really just not that into you.
But you make a wonderful chew-toy.
Krystal'sBalls
November 28th, 2012
7:54 pm
It sure as hell can, and I will prove it!
Oh, by the way…..if I win, I’m going to come onto Jay’s blog and curse EVERYBODY out. LOL!
Then ride off into the sunset to enjoy the remainder of life.
Johntavius
November 28th, 2012
7:57 pm
I read somewhere that the federal government will get around 25% of the Powerball jackpot right off the top.
Right there might be the solution to the fiscal cliff. Powerball drawings every day, maybe several times a day. Ka-CHING, federal budget balanced!
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman Who's Gonna Win The $500M :)
November 28th, 2012
7:57 pm
if I won the Powerball, I would leave this God-forsaken, war-mongering, hate-filled country for someplace peaceful and never look back.
You’re moving to the moon Sooth? Wow! You and Newt are like conjoined twins or something…….
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The love is making me gag!
Hint: That’s not love……….
getalife
November 28th, 2012
7:57 pm
The cons are already depressed so losing on power ball is not recommended.
Soothsayer
November 28th, 2012
7:59 pm
It’s really true: “free gifts” do win elections.
Nero
November 28th, 2012
7:59 pm
Kam,
To be frank, I’d rather not be down on my knees licking Bookman’s boots with you, sport. Go chew somewhere else Nancy. I don’t swing your way.
josef
November 28th, 2012
7:59 pm
DDR
Thanks for the picture!
NERO
That shower one was funny…
He ne ha…
Glad you liked it…thanks for the compliment.
St Simons - he-ne-ha BOOTAKOOK 2014
November 28th, 2012
8:00 pm
money has NOTHING to do with happiness
dudes, the stories i could tell you about some of these cats….
but you’ve probly heard a lot of similar stories
Soothsayer
November 28th, 2012
8:01 pm
I didn’t really mean when I said all of those horrible things!
RF
November 28th, 2012
8:01 pm
“Ok I have to shower now. The love is making me gag!”
See, I knew you could do it for a minute! Don’t try too hard at first, though, it does take a while to get past the gag stage!! I knew deep down you was awight, Nero!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
8:02 pm
The cons are already depressed so losing on power ball is not recommended.
There is one here that brags about voting against Obama 4 times already.
Which means that he’s a 4 time loser.
Come to think of it he’s more than a little unhinged, so you probably have a valid point there.
They BOTH suck
November 28th, 2012
8:02 pm
“Oh, by the way…..if I win, I’m going to come onto Jay’s blog and curse EVERYBODY out. LOL!”
That was done already, but it wasn’t because of the lottery.
tiredofIT
November 28th, 2012
8:03 pm
Nero
November 28th, 2012
7:02 pm
It’s the only regressive tax that leeches line up to gladly pay. If they just include an application for food stamps and Obama phones on the play slips, then the jackpot could surely hit a billion! Hell yeah!! High five!!
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Why haven’t you cleaned out the garden torches yet? You always enjoy is so much? Zero
They BOTH suck
November 28th, 2012
8:04 pm
“Come to think of it he’s more than a little unhinged, so you probably have a valid point there.”
I don’t think that has anything to do with Obama. Obama is just the excuse for that blogger to post what he does.
Nero
November 28th, 2012
8:04 pm
C’mon guys! Aren’t you supposed to be attacking me as some name changer or troll? You’re slipping.
bman.
November 28th, 2012
8:05 pm
I don’t get it….
People will stand in line to buy a ticket for a 500 million lottery chance, but they just don’t get too excited when it’s a skimpy 50 million?
Krystal'sBalls
November 28th, 2012
8:05 pm
“How many urban leeches will half a billion buy?”
YES!!! Because we all know that there are no “leeches” out in Bum-Fauq USA, where there are no real economies, other than those that involve moonshine, meth/heroin, Oxycodone and those types of things.
The individual that posted that BS gets the fork-tongued, bacca-spittin’, rank-stank breath, low-as-low-can-go cussin’ out when I win.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
8:05 pm
I don’t swing your way.
What part of:
“We’re
.
.
just
.
.
not
.
.
that
.
.
into
.
.
you”
seems to be giving you the most trouble, sport?
Nero
November 28th, 2012
8:10 pm
tiredofET,
When you’re done cleaning Bookman’s boots with your tongue, you can come help me. Always room for more obese sedentary computer chained leeches. Can I get a high five?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
8:10 pm
People will stand in line to buy a ticket for a 500 million lottery chance…
Which line is that?
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman Who's Gonna Win The $500M :)
November 28th, 2012
8:12 pm
If I won, I’d make a gay porn movie starring Karl Rove and Cheney.
I’d have Cheney on his knees with Rove above him saying, “Keep it up and I’ll shoot you in the face”.
bman.
November 28th, 2012
8:12 pm
“Which line is that?”
A bit ago, I tried to grab a diet coke at 2 different convenience stores. 7-8 people in line…acting like animals
stands for decibels
November 28th, 2012
8:13 pm
Not that I ever buy lottery tickets (I passed elementary school math and have retained a bit of it), but sure, I think, sometimes, what-if, as have most here.
I am kind of like peadawg inasmuch as 1-10mil sounds fine, couple-hundred sounds scary. For me the scariness comes from the sense of responsibility i’d likely feel to Make A Difference. Run a company, a foundation, hire lotsa people, yadda yadda yadda. I probably would do that because that’s what one should do with a windfall, and I’d feel guilty if i didn’t.
But, not a problem one’s likely to have, so enough speculatin’.
/drive-by
RF
November 28th, 2012
8:14 pm
DDR: seeing either one of them….naked….would scare me straight, honey!
josef
November 28th, 2012
8:14 pm
DDR
Thass jus’ plumb bad… eeeeewwwww
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
8:14 pm
A bit ago, I tried to grab a diet coke at 2 different convenience stores. 7-8 people in line…acting like animals
That was not my experience when I bought a ticket at lunch time.
RF
November 28th, 2012
8:16 pm
“Always room for more obese sedentary computer chained leeches.”
you been online with td, apparently…
josef
November 28th, 2012
8:16 pm
RF
DDR’s for sure got a market with the conversion therapists!
Nero
November 28th, 2012
8:17 pm
I don’t know sport. Can you help me out sport? What sport is this again? Did you play more than one sport in school? What brands do you sport, sport? What’s your favorite professional sport? Do you always sport a passive aggressive attitude here? Do you and Bookman sport often? Can you say sport more than once in sentence? Help me out sport.
bman.
November 28th, 2012
8:17 pm
“That was not my experience when I bought a ticket at lunch time.”
Last minute shoppers maybe? Not sure…but I’m sure all of them had a crazy look in their eyes. From the people walking up to the people in some fancy Mercedes…all scary
RF
November 28th, 2012
8:19 pm
“DDR’s for sure got a market with the conversion therapists!”
NAH, she’s devious enough that she’d slip the really GOOD ones in the CD cases and next thing you know, the therapy center would be a clandestine bath house!!
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman Who's Gonna Win The $500M :)
November 28th, 2012
8:20 pm
RF and josef – Think of all the women I’d scare BACK to their husbands! Why, I’d be doing a public service!! At the end of the film there could be a sign that says:
Ladies, thinking about leaving? Well, THIS is what’s waiting for you……………….
Then as the movie closes, I’d have Rove do a strip tease to “Unchained Melody”……..
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
8:21 pm
From the people walking up to the people in some fancy Mercedes…all scary
I begin to understand now.
You were standing in line at the Whole Foods behind this huge __________ lady with shopping carts filled with lottery tickets and she was paying for them with food stamps.
josef
November 28th, 2012
8:21 pm
RF
That’s our DDR, awright…a true fifth columnist with sto bought t*ts!
Nero
November 28th, 2012
8:24 pm
Kamsport!!! Don’t leave me!!!
RF
November 28th, 2012
8:25 pm
“That’s our DDR, awright…a true fifth columnist with sto bought t*ts!”
What good’s the boa if you don’t have the best display rack for it? That’s class in my book!!
getalife
November 28th, 2012
8:25 pm
turd blossum and darth vader star in hunter’s paradise.
Ew indeed.
alex
November 28th, 2012
8:25 pm
@ Debbie: anonymity might just be the key to your existence…… Then again you and PeeWee Herman could be TIGHT buddies……
@bman, unfortunately not 7/11 or you could have had a Slurpee, what is it with this state?
bman.
November 28th, 2012
8:25 pm
“You were standing in line at the Whole Foods behind this huge __________ lady with shopping carts filled with lottery tickets and she was paying for them with food stamps.”
I think you’re confusing me with others here. I haven’t participated in the whole foods/food stamps stuff. But, it’s an entertaining read…
Nero
November 28th, 2012
8:25 pm
We can talk about sport-s if you want. Don’t be mad.
josef
November 28th, 2012
8:26 pm
DDR
Eeeeewwww squared…
guy
November 28th, 2012
8:26 pm
Jay What do you think of the Braves signing Upton?
Brosephus™
November 28th, 2012
8:26 pm
Anytime I play, my only goal is to break even. If I were to win this kind of money, I’d probably give a good bit of it away by starting my own foundation or something to help people out. Then again, I’d probably buy up a few armories and sell guns to the scaredy cats who think Obama’s gonna take them. They’d never know that the shortage was due to me buying them up.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman Who's Gonna Win The $500M :)
November 28th, 2012
8:27 pm
with sto bought t*ts!
The best that money could buy! And if I win the Lotto, I’ll bling them out with some diamonds; i’d look like a rap star that just framed something else…..
http://static.gigwise.com/gallery/1949838_paulwall.jpg
Nero
November 28th, 2012
8:27 pm
Kamchunk,
I miss you sport.
RF
November 28th, 2012
8:28 pm
“Then as the movie closes, I’d have Rove do a strip tease”
Just….. STOP!!! LOLOL!!!
josef
November 28th, 2012
8:29 pm
alex
Oh, DDR is quite the real woman…a straight man’s wet dream…she’s the one who tells me and RF what the breeder men are REALLY like…we got y’all’s tea…
josef
November 28th, 2012
8:31 pm
DDR
Now that even I’d pay good money to see…
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman Who's Gonna Win The $500M :)
November 28th, 2012
8:32 pm
getalife: turd blossum and darth vader star in hunter’s paradise.
Thanks get! That’s a GREAT title!! “Hunters Paradise” A story of love, lust, vengeance, and endurance!! [The endurance part is for the audience....]
RF: What good’s the boa if you don’t have the best display rack for it? That’s class in my book!!
Thanks RF!!!
RF
November 28th, 2012
8:33 pm
“we got y’all’s tea…”
They just never know what they’re getting into when they step up on the verandah, do they?
Thulsa Doom
November 28th, 2012
8:34 pm
Nero,
That was a mighty sporting post of yours sporting fun at the most sporting sport of sports. He is a redundant sport he is.
Nero
November 28th, 2012
8:34 pm
C’mon sport. Turn that frown upside-down. Sport a smile.
RF
November 28th, 2012
8:35 pm
““Hunters Paradise” A story of love, lust, vengeance, and endurance!!”
Who knows, maybe it wasn’t just his gun that shot off accidentally that day at the quail hunt…wink, wink!!
endurance??? I’d bet their wives would buy a copy just to see ‘em get it up…period!
josef
November 28th, 2012
8:38 pm
getalife, DDR
You two need to be kept faaaaaaar apart…eeeeewwww!
Nero
November 28th, 2012
8:38 pm
Thanks Doomy. I was trying to give him a sporting chance. He must have decided to chew on something a little less harsh. Let’s just hope he’s a good sport and comes back to play.
josef
November 28th, 2012
8:41 pm
RF
Ain’t that the truth…! If they only knew what their women folks tell us…and if they only knew what we tell their women folks…
Thulsa Doom
November 28th, 2012
8:42 pm
You were standing in line at the Whole Foods behind this huge __________ lady with shopping carts filled with lottery tickets and she was paying for them with food stamps.
http://www.11alive.com/news/article/241356/3/Tax-dollars-for-needy-cashed-in-at-liquor-stores-strip-clubs-tobacco-shops
Is the sportspammer still trouting out that tired old line about the whole foods lady? We all know dang well she was never at whole foods. She was at the casino, the tobacco shop, the strip club, and that Albany liquor store where 97k in tanf cards were used. Sheesh.
“She was surprised when we showed her how much money was redeemed in liquor stores, especially at Jaxx Beer in Albany, where $97,609.80 on EBT cards was cashed in.”
RF
November 28th, 2012
8:43 pm
“and if they only knew what we tell their women folks”
hehehe!!! They wouldn’t understand it though!
Thulsa Doom
November 28th, 2012
8:44 pm
Nero,
The redundant post bunny is quite a sporting sport.
He’ll be back in a sporting moment with more of his lame ass redundant posts.
They BOTH suck
November 28th, 2012
8:47 pm
Thulsa
And somewhere today a doctor is defrauding the government for medicare or medicaid funds.
Somewhere a military contractor is probably over charging the government
Somewhere a someone is scamming another person on a financial deal
There is little to nothing you can name that someone, some business or the government at all levels isn’t getting scammed to some degree or another.
Only difference is what meets your narrative or not.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman Who's Gonna Win The $500M :)
November 28th, 2012
8:47 pm
Hunters Paradise — The Screenplay
Scene Opens with a slimmer, trimmer, meaner Cheney whipping his errand boy for taking his time to bring him good news…….
Cheney, his arm tired from whipping and hearing the boy scream, although he really liked that part, starts thinking about the last time he was with Rove.
5 Feet 4, with a flabby frame that spoke of too many Ho-Hos; sparsely, barely there flaxen hair, dulled blue eyes that glinted behind wire rims………..a soft jaw and an even softer tongue……..hmmmmmm
Rove was a living wet dre$$am…..
The things that Cheney could make Rove do in his dreams were mind boggling! But he needed Rove NOW, he needed his flab against his newly bony frail body. He needed his rank hate filled breath upon his skin…..Cheney had to shift, trying to ease the sudden ache in his p##ants##. It was always that way when he thought of Karl…….
alex
November 28th, 2012
8:49 pm
lay off “the Thug”, this blog is HIS (sporting) life, be more sympathetic. He may be a putz, but he’s our putz……
Thulsa Doom
November 28th, 2012
8:50 pm
they both suck,
I hear ya. 2 wrongs equal one right and pointing out someone else’s bad behavior can justify your own.
They BOTH suck
November 28th, 2012
8:52 pm
Thulsa
If that is what you take from it, run Forest run
But if you want to play the scam game, it will take a whole lot of those stories you posted to equal one story I could post about doctor’s groups defrauding the government.
Again, you pound that story because it makes you feel good and meets your narrative.
Nothing more, nothing less
moonbat betty
November 28th, 2012
8:52 pm
Did anyone see the marvelous Beaver moonrise with Jupiter right beside it this evening? I could hear the ruffle of the millions of American moonbats scrambling to get their lottery tickets as they stared into the eyes of the moon.
Fly moonbats! Fly my pretties!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M17fBVcq634
josef
November 28th, 2012
8:52 pm
BIG DADDY
Make DDR stop! Eeeewwwww cubed!
DDR
You’ve got a certain, uh, talent there! There IS a market for it, ya know! What’s your pen name gonna be?
alex
November 28th, 2012
8:53 pm
@they both suck: any doctor who takes medicaid is an idiot anyway, good luck finding a decent “provider” 1 minute with a decent Doc they’ll kick your butt out of the door and if they don’t you should leave……back to the hole ,sunrise in 9 hrs.
Thulsa Doom
November 28th, 2012
8:53 pm
Lay off the “thug”? But the sporting “thug from the steppes” is such a sporting dude. And he’s so sporting in his sportiness that he makes thuggery cool. And thuggery as a subculture is totally cool. Well just look how successful the “thug” culture is for kids who think thuggery is cool. Its worked out real good for them that “thug” culture has. Made em all kinds of successful with that heavy thug emphasis on civility, education, work ethic, personal responsibility, etc. Its quite sporting to be one a them thar “thugs from the steppes”. They so sporting they are.
RF
November 28th, 2012
8:54 pm
thulsa: not to argue the point, as I think anyone who does that should lose the benefits, but after adding up the numbers the article gave, it’s like .003, or 3/10 of 1%.
Reckon how much money is hidden offshore to avoid taxes?
Although no precise estimates are possible, as much as $1.6 trillion in North American wealth is likely held in offshore accounts, according to a 2005 report by the Tax Justice Network, an international group opposed to tax avoidance.
Americans with assets offshore probably avoid about $50 billion in taxes annually, according to an estimate by Reuven Avi-Yonah, head of the International Tax Master of Law Program at the University of Michigan Law School.
1.6 trillion vs. 150,000……..
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/perfi/taxes/2006-09-13-tax-shelter-usat_x.htm
Recon 0311 2533
November 28th, 2012
8:55 pm
Not to worry the Obama administration will soon have all lottery winnings turned over to the federal government who will then after a tax deduction of 90% redistribute the balance among the masses. Rejoice comrades the workers paradise is soon at hand.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman Who's Gonna Win The $500M :)
November 28th, 2012
8:55 pm
Who knows, maybe it wasn’t just his gun that shot off accidentally that day at the quail hunt…wink, wink!!
That’s the spirit!! You and I can go into business together. We’d do “speciality” films for really weird people with ummmm “different” tastes!
They BOTH suck
November 28th, 2012
8:57 pm
RF
Agreed. They should be prosecuted to the extent of the law.
I just find it ironic that some of the same folks who will harp on these type stories hardly ever mention when there are businesses caught defrauding the government of millions and millions.
josef
November 28th, 2012
8:57 pm
DDR. getalife, RF
Well, well, well….looks like your “also starring…” just showed up!
RF
November 28th, 2012
8:57 pm
DDR: you are soooooo sick, but DANG that’s funny!! Here’s a plot twist- make Mitt the whipping boy and you’ve got a whole new audience to appeal to! I’ve met a few pent up Mormons in my day, and they can get pretty freaky when you get that hilarious undergarment thing off!
moonbat betty
November 28th, 2012
8:57 pm
I think Debbie may have been reading 50 Shades of Gray a few too many times (see 8:47).
Ewwww!
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
8:57 pm
Awwwww, isn’t that special.
thelma found his soul mate, and wittle awex is jeawous.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman Who's Gonna Win The $500M :)
November 28th, 2012
9:00 pm
what’s your pen name gonna be?
I’m thinking I’d do a play on an old Bette Midler joke — she once said that her alter ego was named More.
So, my pen name will be More Don’t Stop…..
RF
November 28th, 2012
9:00 pm
BOTH: I hear ya! Let’s line up the EBT abusers and burn them at the stake! But mention the corporate moochers….I mean defense contractors….and all you hear is crickets!
Thulsa Doom
November 28th, 2012
9:01 pm
they both suck,
I hear ya and you have a point.
What I am saying is that bringing up someone else’s bad behavior doesn’t absolve someone of their own bad behavior.
And yes. I know all about provider fraud- especially with Medicaid. I’ve seen it with an obstetrician who charges for sonograms not done because he is losing his ass to high insurance premiums because of every time something goes wrong in a delivery and someone wants to sue. Jackpot justice we call it and a primary reason some rural counties in poor states no longer have an obstetrician. Are we then surprised that this happens when they get pinched due to greedy, sue happy people with their attorneys?
And as far as medicaid reimbursement goes I’ve heard it a million times including today that docs actually lose money treating medicaid patients. Its not right to justify them overbilling or charging for tests not rendered and such but for God’s sake if they are losing money by having to treat these patients then what did you expect was going to happen?
alex
November 28th, 2012
9:02 pm
No, not a schmuck, that would imply he has a di##, just a sporting putz
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman Who's Gonna Win The $500M :)
November 28th, 2012
9:02 pm
Here’s a plot twist- make Mitt the whipping boy and you’ve got a whole new audience to appeal to!
OMG!! That’s BRILLIANT!!! Ok — you are OFFICIALLY a member of the Pink Boa Society. No dues — just booze.
Betty — Hiya Betty!! You know you like it!!
Thulsa Doom
November 28th, 2012
9:03 pm
Tweedledee speaking of soul mates. Hilarious considering him and Tweedledum got something going on. They even exchange email along with they hugs and kisses. Love is in the air for the sporting one.
josef
November 28th, 2012
9:03 pm
RF
Have you ever read or seen Mort Crowley’s “Boys in the Band?” There’s a great scene in it where one of them is lamenting his latest one night stand. “He suffered from the G-d Was I Drunk Last Night Syndrome” Another of the characters says something about it being a Catholic thing. The lamenter says, to the effect that the GWIDLNS knows no religious specificity, “…but I have noticed a higher incidence among Mormons…”
RF
November 28th, 2012
9:04 pm
“any doctor who takes medicaid is an idiot anyway, good luck finding a decent “provider”
Actually, when my boys were on it, we had one of the best pediatricians on the ATL’s southside. Very respected and she gave us excellent care, including some late nights and weekends on call. Some doctors refuse, but I’m not sure I’d want their care anyway if they’re putting money ahead of patients.
Nero
November 28th, 2012
9:05 pm
Awww look. Kamchunk is sporting baby talk. Did you have to go read the Sporting News to gather yourself?
They BOTH suck
November 28th, 2012
9:07 pm
Thulsa
Whether it is a big bizz or the man buying beer or getting a lap dance on an EBT card, I want all those involved prosecuted if caught.
I’m not arguing that there is not waste and fraud in the various welfare programs because it is a fact.
However I would argue that big bizz is ripping off the government at much higher and alarming rate.
Just as I don’t know of every EBT card abuse, I also do not know about every businesses defrauding the government. We only know what is caught, but I’m sure we can agree that it is going on to some degree or another.
Guess that’s what makes us all different. What bothers me, may not bother someone else as much or vice versa.
alex
November 28th, 2012
9:08 pm
RF then you got extremely lucky and good for you…If she worked for a non-profit, probably required to take a few medicaids, Stick it with ‘they’re putting money ahead of patients, join Kam in the putz room, Debbie is waiting,……sheesh
josef
November 28th, 2012
9:10 pm
RF
Just finished this…one great read! The guy who wrote it knows his sh*t…
http://www.amazon.com/Men-Like-That-Southern-History/dp/0226354709
RF
November 28th, 2012
9:11 pm
“No dues — just booze.”
That’s the kind of society I like!!
I can picture Rove grabbing Romney away from Cheney mid-fantasy and saying very softly, “come on boy, I’ll strap you to the top of something you REALLY want to ride….and Mitt just softly murmurs, “just call me Seamus….ohhhhh”
Okay, I gotta quit. The kiddies are starting to ask what I’m laughing at!!
And I’m soooo gonna have to view some decent stuff later to get those images out of my head!!
getalife
November 28th, 2012
9:11 pm
We found the real author of Penthouse letters
Nero
November 28th, 2012
9:12 pm
Kammy got upset and needed a hug from Bookman. C’mon sport. Don’t be mad. Ok, I’ll give you a hug too. It’s only sporting.
josef
November 28th, 2012
9:12 pm
I’ve got a stellar flock of docs and specialists…and, yep, they take medicare/medicaid…good men and women, they…
Get Real
November 28th, 2012
9:12 pm
Jay…I appreciate the points you are making but it still sounds like a wonderful problem to have….all things considered
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman Who's Gonna Win The $500M :)
November 28th, 2012
9:13 pm
Scene 2: Whipping Boy Mitt enters into the room in his dog collar; and is kneeling obediently at his master Cheney’s feet; awaiting his next command.
Cheney paces the floor, restless, and seething like a lion………everything was hurting……..everything was focused on his need………his need to dominate and BE dominated. He had only three loves in his life: Pain, humiliation and sorrow. Someone else’s pain, someone else’s humiliation, and someone else’s sorrow; until he met Rove. Rove brought out a need for HIM to be humiliated.
Cheney gritted his teeth and tried to focus on his plans…….he had a plan to get his whipping boy, Mitt, into the white house, he had a plane for his whipping boy to be down on his knees while Cheney stood before him giving him orders.
Get Rid OF Medicare!! Starve Social Security!!! Make 4 More Wars!!! No GAy Marriage!!!
A white hot bolt of desire raced up his spine at the mere THOUGHT of that scenario happening. He looked at Mitt and an evil smile touched his cold thin lips.
Mitt!
Yes Master
Go and Get the AJC — I feel like beating you with it!!
josef
November 28th, 2012
9:14 pm
alex
You better be nice or I’ll sic ME on you,,,,
Romney
November 28th, 2012
9:15 pm
Gotta go, got a big date for beers at the WH. Hope Michelle is wearing that red dress….sissle..
She’ll probably serve Schlitz,,I’ll have to bring some Sam Adams from my great state! Difficult to mix withTHOSE people, but I’ll soldier on……….Gotta check the futures market…
RF
November 28th, 2012
9:16 pm
josef: I’ll have to order that one. Just added to my wish list. I’m actually planning to have some much needed reading time during the holiday break.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman Who's Gonna Win The $500M :)
November 28th, 2012
9:17 pm
Okay, I gotta quit. The kiddies are starting to ask what I’m laughing at!!
And I’m soooo gonna have to view some decent stuff later to get those images out of my head!!
OMG I’m so in love with you right now!! You are almost perfect!!!
Mick
November 28th, 2012
9:20 pm
Nero seems to be inhaling too much smoke from burning down his house, downright doomy goofy heading for zero…
moonbat betty
November 28th, 2012
9:21 pm
Ya’ll are disgusting!
Debbie, if you win the lottery, you need to get triplets:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QShd4fsXZic
Alex
November 28th, 2012
9:21 pm
Sure they do, just check the %’s………..Every Doc takes some Medicaid, just ask them how many, go ahead, ask. Medicare is a different issue. Then ask how many take the various tricare products and how many patients do they take, go ahead ask….get the REAL info, go ahead…… I’m not against it by any measure, but don’t be naive. Grady can’t see all the Kamchaks of Atlanta….Sport!
Thulsa Doom
November 28th, 2012
9:21 pm
aw. awright. someone give sporty a sporting hug please. Support sport! hell that sounds better than “yes. we can!”
Patty
November 28th, 2012
9:23 pm
If I won the lottery, I would pay off my bills, buy a house, make sure my parents and my husband’s parents as well as my grandma was taken care up and set up a retirement fund as well as trust funds for my children and siblings.
Then with the rest of the money, I’d bulldozer the neighborhood trailer park and put up pretty little houses where the rent would be low for single mothers who want more out of their lives. There would be a community center which offer classes along with childcare so Mom could train for a good paying job.
I’d keep my day job because I love it and why would I give up something I love? I’d try to make a difference in someone else’s life.
RF
November 28th, 2012
9:25 pm
“Go and Get the AJC — I feel like beating you with it!!”
But then Mitt, eyes glinting, comes back with the paper and a little blue pill and says “but Master, it would be sooooo much better if you could whip me with something a little…stiffer.”
Cut to next scene thirty minutes later…
K .Jung
November 28th, 2012
9:25 pm
Debbie, be in the office at 9 am, we have some SERIOUS work to do
Thulsa Doom
November 28th, 2012
9:25 pm
Mick to the rescue. tanks Mick. sporty do need some moral support he do. “Support sport!”
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
9:28 pm
Don’t despair wittle awex. I’m sure that if you beg prettily enough, Heather thelma and Heather nero will let you in their club. Heck, they may even let you braid their hair.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman Who's Gonna Win The $500M :)
November 28th, 2012
9:29 pm
Moonbat — Thanks but I’d be a (bigger) freak! I’d have more stares than this chick:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUEkwrK9R3M&feature=endscreen
Dharma Bum
November 28th, 2012
9:29 pm
Money absolutely can buy happiness… if you spend it the right way! Buy experiences, not things. Experiences will always grow in value as time passes.
Alex
November 28th, 2012
9:30 pm
Patty, please leave, you are much too Normal…
Interesting posts tonight, have to admit, most definitely not my cup of tea. My wife and I lived in midtown in the ’80’s . It was an interesting time . Looks like the 80’s street scene has reappeared n the Bookman blog…..It was also an ugly time.., glad it’s off the streets………
Nero
November 28th, 2012
9:31 pm
Mick need some love too. He’s so busy wishing people would die. Guess your mommy didn’t hug you enough when you were little. Poor Mickey Mouse.
getalife
November 28th, 2012
9:37 pm
Patty is free to post as much as she wants.
This is a lighten up thread cons.
Do it.
RF
November 28th, 2012
9:37 pm
“glad it’s off the streets”
Don’t worry, it went to the burbs with you, settled down, got a dog and a couple of kids. Scary thing is, you don’t even know it’s there…
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
9:38 pm
Don’t worry, it went to the burbs with you, settled down, got a dog and a couple of kids. Scary thing is, you don’t even know it’s there…
Heh, heh, heh.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman Who's Gonna Win The $500M :)
November 28th, 2012
9:39 pm
Cut to next scene thirty minutes later…
Scene 3: Karl Rove has arrived. He’s looking very dapper in his Brooks Brothers suit, Bruno Maglio shoes and his mom’s signature pearls……
Karl enters the room slowly, making Cheney pant with want and desire…..keeping him waiting…..waiting……until he can’t stand it anymore. Cheney grabs Rove by his head, (his hair is too thin), and forces a hard, stinging kiss upon his soft stingy lips.
Rove growled when he felt the Cheney’s wet and nimble tongue lightly flick against the seam of his lips. He pulls away from Cheney in frustration.
“What did I tell you about that behavior Richard?!” Rove screeches
“Please, please!!! I need you! I need you!!”
“What did I tell you? What must you do before I even recognize your person in my presence?”
“Please! I don’t want to say it!”
“Say it dammnit! Say it!”
Cheney falls to his knees, crying, broken…….dying of a need a want that is so strong he can’t control the shivers and shakes that are raking his body.
Finally he gives in………..
“You’re too sexy for your shirt, to sexy for your shirt………so sexy it hurts……”
barking frog
November 28th, 2012
9:39 pm
debbie do
and you wonder why cheney shot the lawyer in the face….
Nero
November 28th, 2012
9:39 pm
Kamchunk’s panties got in a wad. Poor Kammy. Don’t worry sport, we’ve been upholding your sportiness while you’ve been pouting. That good with you sport?
Patty
November 28th, 2012
9:39 pm
Wow, Alex, I don’t know whether to feel thankful for being normal or highly insulted! I remember midtown in the ’80’s–wouldn’t go back there for nothing!
And there are doctors who refuse to take Medicaid, mainly because it pays only a fraction of their cost so they lose money–can’t keep an office staff if you don’t have the money to pay them.
RF
November 28th, 2012
9:43 pm
“You’re too sexy for your shirt, to sexy for your shirt………so sexy it hurts……”
ROFL!!!! You really need to be working for Comedy Central. Stewart would absolutely LOVE this stuff!!!
bman.
November 28th, 2012
9:44 pm
Whenever I feel like there’s just something not right “upstairs”, I always come here. It makes me feel better….
RF
November 28th, 2012
9:46 pm
“and his mom’s signature pearls……”
Well THAT would explain why you never see him on Fox with the tie undone… he’s secretly saving that for O’Reilly after the show…
And a whole new DVD narrative is born…;-)
Josef
November 28th, 2012
9:48 pm
RF
@ 9:37
Yeah, here, too! We’re everywhere…they’ll never see us coming..then, before they know it, the’re redecorating, humming show tunes and reading literary classics…oh, yah, and eating quiche…
Alex
November 28th, 2012
9:48 pm
Patty, it’s a compliment, this post is deteriorating (and so have I), Midtown in the 80’s was a sewer pit, I mean the real midtown, not the uptown stuff people refer to today. Goodnight.
RF
November 28th, 2012
9:49 pm
“mainly because it pays only a fraction of their cost so they lose money”
evidently you haven’t read a detailed statement from a doctor lately. You should notice the difference between what the doctor lists as the charges for services and what the contract agreed payment is from the insurance company. They don’t pay so great either, just so you know.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman Who's Gonna Win The $500M :)
November 28th, 2012
9:49 pm
debbie do
and you wonder why cheney shot the lawyer in the face….
He did that ’cause he’s evil! He enjoys others pain. The guy probably told him, foolishly, “Dick, you’re my best friend, but i know that you’ve had an illicit affair with karl Rove for the past few years and you and he have shared Mitt Romney and Scooter Libby. I don’t want to do this Dick, but I’m going to have to tell your wife…..”
BANG!
Nero
November 28th, 2012
9:49 pm
Well sport it’s off to bed. Long day tomorrow. Gonna love making you my new project. It’s gonna be epic. Goodnight Nancy. Don’t sport too much while I’m gone.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
9:50 pm
Midtown in the 80’s was a sewer pit, I mean the real midtown…
There’s your sign.
RF
November 28th, 2012
9:52 pm
“then, before they know it, the’re redecorating, humming show tunes and reading literary classics…oh, yah, and eating quiche”
quiche?? Nah, can’t be THAT obvious. I prefer showing them how to grill that slab of meat they bought (out of some sort of envy, me thinks) with fresh herbs in a carefully coiffed garden and patio. You have to infiltrate very carefully in the burbs…
barking frog
November 28th, 2012
9:53 pm
Josef
uppity josef “oh, yah, and eating quiche”. is that what the kids are
calling nowadays? (stole that from Kamchak)
Thulsa Doom
November 28th, 2012
9:53 pm
looks like sporty sport is melting down. where oh where is Tweedledum when Tweedledee needs her more than ever.
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman Who's Gonna Win The $500M :)
November 28th, 2012
9:55 pm
And a whole new DVD narrative is born…;-)
Oh no you don’t!!! We’ve grossed out enough people tonight! (although, we’ve probably “turned on” a heck of whole lot more – for those people, look for RF and DDR’s new blog “Hunting Al Dicka” with more lurid tales of sex and sin coming soon!!).
I’m off to bed — all this talk of Rove and Cheney (with some Mitt thrown in), has made me “interested”. Later Gators! 3 more days to the SEC Championship BEATDOWN game!!
Nero
November 28th, 2012
9:56 pm
Would that be a sporting sign? Do tell sport.
barking frog
November 28th, 2012
9:57 pm
DebbieDo
I think he heard you were a lawyer and just shot the nearest one…
DebbieDoRight - A Do Right Woman Who's Gonna Win The $500M :)
November 28th, 2012
9:59 pm
I think he heard you were a lawyer and just shot the nearest one…
Boooo! Booo!! Low Blow!! Boooo!!
RF
November 28th, 2012
10:00 pm
“although, we’ve probably “turned on” a heck of whole lot more”
some got stuck at the diamond-studded bazoombas, and they’ll have plenty to envision tonight also!!
Nightey-night. I’ll work on the Rush/Hannity script and let you know when it’s outlined. Something to do with RUSHmore….
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
10:02 pm
Would that be a sporting sign?
Ask and ye shall receive.
Congratulations, you have found yourself
Alex
November 28th, 2012
10:05 pm
Anyone , other than me, actually live in midtown in the 80’s,sorry boys and girls, there were no “flying Biscuits”..No there was the nightly procession of strippers, johns and shooters and drunks and sirens.Hardly “burb” fare. literary classics and fresh herbs, cute-real cute. Oh, that “slab of meat”, that was what was left of my neighbor and friend after he got knifed by a john and bled out.No that stuff never made it out of the midtown of the ’80’s it died there only to be resurrected on this blog by you guys, congratulation-proud of yourselves?
Patty
November 28th, 2012
10:05 pm
Wow, Alex was right–Don’t you kids know you’re up pass your bedtime?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
10:06 pm
…congratulation-proud of yourselves?
Absolutely.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
November 28th, 2012
10:08 pm
Don’t you kids know you’re up pass your bedtime?
“Pass” my bedtime?
And exactly what time is that?
Nero
November 28th, 2012
10:08 pm
We’re already working on your negative reinforcement sport. It’s my new sport. What do you think sport? Is it sporty enough for you? C’mon sport.
Nero
November 28th, 2012
10:09 pm
The sporting time of course
Thulsa Doom
November 28th, 2012
10:09 pm
“There’s your sign.”
The redundant post bunny doing his thing.
Nero
November 28th, 2012
10:09 pm
Get with the program sport!
Josef
November 28th, 2012
10:09 pm
Okay, got a busy day tomorrow myself and had a taxing one today, great fun here and hate to run, but gotta…g’night..
barking frog
November 28th, 2012
10:10 pm
sport…leech, think i’ll take sport.
Nero
November 28th, 2012
10:11 pm
EA Sports! It’s in the game!
Thulsa Doom
November 28th, 2012
10:11 pm
Having sport with sport. It do be such sporting fun it do.
Nero
November 28th, 2012
10:12 pm
Oh no don’t get me wrong. He’s still a leech. Just a sporty one.
Thulsa Doom
November 28th, 2012
10:13 pm
Kamspam aint got a sporting chance.
Nero
November 28th, 2012
10:15 pm
Sport can dish it, but he can’t take it very well. That is of course unless sport is in the real midtown. Sport takes it a lot there.
Kamchak - You cons said Elmer Fudd could defeat Obama, so why didn't you nominate him?
November 28th, 2012
10:15 pm
Poor thelma. He found his soul mate but doesn’t have his email address.
Nero
November 28th, 2012
10:19 pm
Sport changed his handle. Thug sport was so much more fun. C’mon sport don’t get mad. That’s unsportsmanlike.
Alex
November 28th, 2012
10:20 pm
Well it is late and as Klik and Klak say”you’ve ruined another perfectly good hour”. As i said earlier revealing blog tonight, Freud and Jung (?) would be fascinated… do what you want, but bury the 80’s,it was an angry, deadly time….and the hair was flammable !
Thulsa Doom
November 28th, 2012
10:22 pm
Aw hell. He done went and changed his handle. He’s getting pissed now. Desperate too. Hilarious!
Mick
November 28th, 2012
10:23 pm
doom
Just like water, immaturity seeks its own level. This romper room has got to go, it’s been way overplayed…
Thulsa Doom
November 28th, 2012
10:24 pm
15 yard unsportsmanlike penalty on the handle change. Oh. Never mind. I forgot she don’t play that man’s sport. She’s into that sport where boys and girls kick a ball around a field and the score is usually 1-0. Its befitting her personality though. Bo-ring.
Thulsa Doom
November 28th, 2012
10:26 pm
Mick,
Why do you care? Just ignore it and let us have our sporting fun with her.
Kamchak - You cons said Elmer Fudd could defeat Obama, so why didn't you nominate him?
November 28th, 2012
10:26 pm
Isn’t this just so precious.
They are posting the same thing.
Next thing you know, they’ll be completing each others sentences.
Soulmatey goodness.
Mick
November 28th, 2012
10:31 pm
doom
That’s just it – I don’t care but its kinda cloggin up the main artery of intellectual, thought provoking, honest, good natured debate!!!
RF
November 28th, 2012
10:33 pm
“it died there only to be resurrected on this blog by you guys, congratulation-proud of yourselves?”
Well if it was that bad, then why the heck were you living there? By the early 90’s it was downright fashionable again by my recollection. I’ve been in Atlanta, or near it, all of my life, so I’m well aware of its history and its changes over the years. There’s plenty of bad to be found just about everywhere, depending on one’s definition of it.
Goodnight all, and thanks for the laughs. Don’t take the jokes and jabs too seriously- sometimes it’s just good for the soul to find some humor in the world. It gets darn depressing enough without always looking for it.
RF
November 28th, 2012
10:37 pm
“This romper room has got to go, it’s been way overplayed”
The bitter about everything in life blog is over at Kyle’s place. I know it’s downright deadly boring over there, but birds of a feather do, in fact, flock together, and they seem to have a good time commiserating about how AWFUL the world is and practicing their “the sky is falling” choral response to every topic.
Thulsa Doom
November 28th, 2012
10:38 pm
“its kinda cloggin up the main artery of intellectual, thought provoking, honest, good natured debate”
Mick,
Now dat be funny. Its not clogging up the blog anymore than moronic posts that we’ve seen every day something like 3 million times (KD) such as “the smoking gun is in the mushroom cloud”.
Thulsa Doom
November 28th, 2012
10:41 pm
Should read
The stupid about everything in life blog is at this place. I know it’s downright deadly boring here, but birds of a feather do, in fact, flock together, and we libs seem to have a good time commiserating about how WONDERFUL the world is with Obama re-elected and practicing our “things are great. Yes! We can!” choral response to every topic.
Mick
November 28th, 2012
10:41 pm
doom
Yes, but sometimes those points need to be made. Who even references elmer fudd of all characters?
Thulsa Doom
November 28th, 2012
10:42 pm
Mick,
In reference to your question apparently the kooks love to reference Elmer Fudd of late.
Mick
November 28th, 2012
10:46 pm
** we libs seem to have a good time commiserating about how WONDERFUL the world is with Obama re-elected **
Translation: The cons were so downright sure, in fact quite uppity about how obama was going to go down, just way too kocky and then BOOM down goes romney, down goes romney! Their brains have been scrambled ever since. Just read nero the zero, looney tunes and leeches…
Nero
November 28th, 2012
10:47 pm
Mick is a good sport.
Mick
November 28th, 2012
10:49 pm
nero
Thank you sir may I have another???
Acer706
November 28th, 2012
10:51 pm
Mick…
What is PresBOs plan for the Fiscal Cliff? He sign-on to tackle it.
Acer706
November 28th, 2012
10:52 pm
Signed*
Mick
November 28th, 2012
10:55 pm
acer
Simple, either congress protects the 98% or doesn’t, that’s the key. If we go off the curb, then the new congress will have to fix it. Political pressure almost guarantees that outcome…
Acer706
November 28th, 2012
11:00 pm
So that’s it? 0 accountability for the administration?
Mick
November 28th, 2012
11:01 pm
doom
You’ve been on here long enough, one thing I learned from the 2010 midterm shellacking was to keep my cards close to the vest, I did not believe that could happen. Couple of weeks before this past election some of the cons on here were talking some rude smack about how obama was toast. I always felt obama was going to be re-elected but in this case as it is so many times, it’s not who the people were voting for, but against. Romney had a shot but obama had game…
Mick
November 28th, 2012
11:04 pm
acer
What do you mean zero accountablility? He ran on keeping the tax cuts for the middle class and raise them on the 2% – he won.
I disagree with that by the way, the middle class or 98% should also have taxes raised and all revenue dedicated to deficit reduction…
Acer706
November 28th, 2012
11:08 pm
Whatever Mick. Sure you do.
Mick
November 28th, 2012
11:16 pm
acer
Actually, I do..one or one and half percent for the 98 percent. I can budget that with no problem.
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think.
November 29th, 2012
5:51 am
Here I am, back at work. DAMN! I had to cancel my Cayman Island account…nothing to put in it.
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
5:56 am
mornin’.
Actually, when my boys were on [Medicaid], we had one of the best pediatricians on the ATL’s southside. Very respected and she gave us excellent care,
Echoing RF above–yep, there was an interim period, as foster parents, when our child was covered by Medicaid, and we had a local pediatrician who provided excellent care.
FWIW, YMMV, BBQ, etc.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
5:58 am
morning guys … you’ll have to pardon me if I seem a little … well … not myself
the sun is out
it just feels weird.
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
6:02 am
Sun is out? I want some…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLxt74ObBl4
/drive-by
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think.
November 29th, 2012
6:05 am
Mitt plays pocket pool…
http://cheezburger.com/6796474368
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think.
November 29th, 2012
6:08 am
A legend i n his own mind…
http://cheezburger.com/6816043264
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think.
November 29th, 2012
6:11 am
The Republican Party is sending out Xmas cards this year…here’s the front runner so far…
http://cheezburger.com/6812557568
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
6:14 am
Corbin – 6:11 – my favorite of the bunch …
although the 6:05 reminds me of this
http://www.buzzpirates.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/nick-nolte-mugshot.jpg
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think.
November 29th, 2012
6:15 am
Ah, this explains it…
http://cheezburger.com/6788207104
Jefferson
November 29th, 2012
6:28 am
Volentary taxation, in reality.
Jack ®
November 29th, 2012
6:58 am
One of the Venters got it right: Why are these people that hate the wealthy buying tickets?
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think.
November 29th, 2012
6:59 am
For the people who won the money, here’s some financial help…
http://xfinity.comcast.net/blogs/finance/2012/11/28/extraordinary-tax-deductions-2/
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think.
November 29th, 2012
7:03 am
Jack,
I don’t believe that anybody hate the wealthy per se, but they hate the way they try to avoid paying a fair share. You have to ask yourself, if you are rich, how much is enough? Anyway, this country gave them the tools for their opportunity, so pay it back. They really won’t miss it.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
7:14 am
“One of the Venters got it right: Why are these people that hate the wealthy buying tickets?”
ah, yes … the old “hate the wealthy” red herring … closely related to the “punish success” falderal.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
November 29th, 2012
7:20 am
Yes we bought 5 tickets……It was fun to talk and laugh and dream.
That said – I have a family and a life that already makes me rich.
Congrats to the winners, may you find your way through all the hubbub and come out happy and healthy.
Mick
November 29th, 2012
7:22 am
Hate the wealthy? Nah,on the contrary, it our duty as americans and capitalists to figure ways to pry money out of their greedy, cold fingers! Afterall, you can’t take it with you…
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
7:23 am
just in case someone hasn’t already posted this …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYN96RWEo28
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think.
November 29th, 2012
7:24 am
The next time the lottery pot gets real big, someone should partner with me. I’ll buy five tickets, and because I have never, ever gotten even one number right, you can pick numbers not on my tickets. That should lessen the odds dramatically…
Alex
November 29th, 2012
7:34 am
Revenge and jealousy, I’m not rich, don’t really have any desire to be ..but, I’m not jealous of them and I don’t want their money. i don’t lease a Lexus, don’t need one. It’s their life, move on worry about yourselves.Quit whining.
Mick
November 29th, 2012
7:38 am
alex
It’s a wonderful world, revenge and jealousy are your words and opinion. There are some really great philanthropic wealthy americans doing miraculous works out there, bless them…
Alex
November 29th, 2012
7:39 am
Looks like one of my last nighr blogs got moderated out, let’s see ddd can provide a really hideous,perverted fantasy and I can provide an eye-level accurate observation of the midtown scene in the ’80’s and I get edited out. Bookman, join the putzs….The Nittany Lion family awaits you..
Alex
November 29th, 2012
7:40 am
NO Mick, their your thoughts and the rest of the closet wanabees..just quit whining..
Georgia
November 29th, 2012
7:42 am
The winners are from Arizona and Missouri. I wasn’t even on the same tectonic plate as the winners. That’s how lucky I am. What now? I have to rely on continental drift to get me closer to winning? It’s absurd! Tax the lotto big shots! Tax them into helllllllll.
Mick
November 29th, 2012
7:51 am
alex
You’re the one doing all the whining around here, I’m quite fine with where I am in life. You? Some kind of ax to grind, break on through to the other side…
GT
November 29th, 2012
7:55 am
There is something to be said about earning your money instead of winning it, though I suspect most money has more to do with luck than earning. In Texas a man runs a broken down farm only to find oil. He then educated his children to become lawyers for his estate. The next kids go to Harvard make friends end up in Wall Street where they occupy a job getting buckets of water out of the Mississippi River.
Occasionally a man invents a car, or a light bulb, but most wealth is being at the right place at the right time. The lottery is a bit like America, or maybe America is a bit like the lottery. If you can learn to be happy no matter the winds of fortune, this new fortune might not ruin your life. Find a family that really loves you, stay with them for life, be proud of our character not your self importance, but now I am talking silly.
Don Abernethy
November 29th, 2012
8:01 am
The Bible says the love of money is the root of ALL EVIL.
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
8:05 am
One of the Venters got it right: Why are these people that hate the wealthy buying tickets?
^^Reason #749 for Why You Never Ever Need To Read the Stupid, Whiny, Old-People-Smelly AJC “Vent” Ever Ever Again.
Alex
November 29th, 2012
8:09 am
Mick…”Hate the wealthy?….You may be fooling yourself, but not me and your a whiner:pry out of their cold…” Your projecting, plain and simple..get to work and you may get an opportunity, good luck.
@GT, not silly at all,except the luck part. of course that does happen along with family ties (genetics?). I suuspect you’d be really surprised how many hours venture capitalists put in, etc. That is their choice, not mine. But, don’t belittle that most wealthy people get AND stay there with hard work (shirt sleaves to short sleaves in 3 generations), really hard work. It’s their life, you don’t see them at their kids games, Arthur Blank used to go to his sons b-ball games and work his blackberry, never putting an eye on the game. Personally, I think that is a little pathetic, but who am I?.. Back to work
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
8:12 am
Think what you will of Julian Assange, seeing this bit of news from his hidey-hole made me have a bizarre thought:
How much more of a loss to humanity would it be to have Assange sayonara’d, than to have Brietbart biting the dust?
Obviously we’re talking multiple whole numbers here, but I’m not sure if it’s 10x or 100x or…
godless heathen
November 29th, 2012
8:13 am
Old cartoon: Man is standing on the bosses desk, whizzing on it. Boss is saying, “Well, Smith. I see you won the lottery.”
Some at my office pooled money to buy some tickets. I usually don’t buy lottery tickets, except for the occasional scratch off, but I felt that I had to get into the office pool deal. With my luck if I didn’t get a ticket, they would win and I’d be the only poor SOB left.
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
8:14 am
Shorter Alex @ 8.09:
The skimmer-class give so much, and ask for so little in return!
TaxPayer
November 29th, 2012
8:16 am
Darn it! I didn’t win the lottery. Oh well. That’s two dollars I paid toward my daughter’s Zell Miller scholarship.
Gale
November 29th, 2012
8:16 am
Well, no money for me either. However, over the years imagining I would do IF I won has given me hours of fun. Dollar for dollar, it has been more fun than a movie ticket.
Gale
November 29th, 2012
8:18 am
We had an office pool for the lottery a few years ago. The fun there was imagining the entire accounting, IT and engineering departments suddenly resigning.
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
8:18 am
I felt that I had to get into the office pool deal.
GH, I’ve done that once or twice in the past, same kind of feelings about the whole thing as you.
Yesterday I happened upon a story of some office poolers who had worked at some phone-support center, who hit it big, and they were clearly the exception to the rule. They all apparently have done everything right–first off, they didn’t quit their jobs, they all went back to work because that’s what they did, after all, and they stayed there for a coupla years until the business shut its doors. And secondly, they all kept in close touch with each other and formed a kind of support group to help with financial management questions.
It probably didn’t hurt that (from the sound of it) they were mostly women. Men — I hate to say this, but it’s true — seem to have more of a problem working within a supportive community, there’s some stupid wiring in us that makes us get all obsessive about who gets to play Alpha Dog at a given moment.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
8:22 am
even if I won a half a billion dollars, I’d still look forward to Hammersmith Market and falafel Thursday …
YUM
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
8:22 am
So are Rachel Maddow and, apparently, Andrea Mitchell the only two corporate media types who see the Susan Rice nonsense as nothing more than a naked power grab by Senate Goopers who want Kerry to leave, so they have a shot a filling his seat with the guy who lost to Liz Warren?
The more I think about this, the more sense it makes, is the reason I ask.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
8:22 am
dB – 8:22 – I watched that this morning … VERY compelling.
Fred ™
November 29th, 2012
8:25 am
wow, sounds like Alex is a sad bitter little man. How did you get him as a stalker Mick lol?
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
8:25 am
UnU, it’s compelling because the alternative reality being presented–that these three GOP senators leading the charge against Rice–makes absolutely no sense at all.
I know it’s asking a lot, but Jay, could you tell some of the guys you work with in the media to DO THEIR GODDAMNED JOBS FOR A CHANGE?
kthnxbye.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
8:28 am
Hi Fred!!
dB – psssht … it was a closed-door meeting – frankly, I would have been surprised if McCain, Lindsey and whats-her-poodle walked out and said, “we had an open and frank conversation and now see that there really was nothing there, so … nevermind”
Fred ™
November 29th, 2012
8:32 am
Hi UnU (lol I like that abbreviation, thanks dB) and dB.
Interesting theory. Maybe Obama should cross them up and appoint McSame as Sec State if they deep six Rice. Or how about the OTHER Rice, Condi? That would screw them up as well.
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
8:32 am
it was a closed-door meeting
which is to say that at least several thousand Villagers know exactly how it all went down in the woodshed.
and that’s ok for them to pretend like they can’t tell, but so long as those a-holes keep workin’ it so the corporate media can continue to put headlines like “Rice’s meetings on the Hill raise questions about her future”, I’d think it’s time for someone to step forward and call out these clowns.
But, it’s the Village. (”Who is number 1?” “That would be telling.”)
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
8:34 am
Maybe Obama should cross them up and appoint McSame as Sec State if they deep six Rice.
oh God… unless someone mentally stable could work Gramps like a hand puppet at official functions, that’s a non-starter.
Mick
November 29th, 2012
8:35 am
fred
Didn’t quite think he was a stalker, more like and annoying hemmoroid, something not needed in life…
GT
November 29th, 2012
8:37 am
Alex one of the few things I am disappointed in Obama about is his light hand with Wall Street. We have created a system too big to fail that is as corrupt as any strip joint or gin joint in this country. There is talent in this country, but we won’t find it praising failure. The world, not just the United States is in a recession because of the incompetence of Wall Street. Why in this time and day do we even need a place call Wall Street? Where there is great earning there should be great losses, and the people responsible for these losses should not be allowed to remain. Like the Mississippi River there is good and then there are the floods. We see where it floods and we fit it not reward it.
Fred ™
November 29th, 2012
8:39 am
Mick, you have a point, he certainly was on your ass lol.
dB: Just think of the sound bites though. I’m thinking that in less than 6 months McSame would forget he was SEC State and start thinking HE was President……… then the real fun would start.
Blain
November 29th, 2012
8:43 am
“I had to endure the greed and the need that people have, trying to get you to release your money to them.
It sounds like Sandra hangs out with “gimme” libs.
Oscar
November 29th, 2012
8:44 am
I have heard stories of a number of people that win the lottery. Some do fine but a lot of them wind up in pretty bad shape. Broke and with their families gone. Depends on a lot of factors.
Alex
November 29th, 2012
8:45 am
Mick and fred, whine away…Andrea Mitchell and R.Maddow..now there are 2 OBJECTIVE opinions. Throw in Hannity and Rush..4 Brilliant, objective people. Bunch of lemmings..Bias confirmation..
@Fred, perhaps , for USA he should appoint a capable person of either party with extensive experience who will improve our relations with the rest of the world…HMM, there;s an interesting thought…
Oscar
November 29th, 2012
8:48 am
GT – Obama can only sign laws regulating Wall Street that he can get Congress to pass.
As to why we need Wall Street. Eighty per cent of the stock market trades are done by computer, and only twenty per cent on the floor of the stock exchange.
There has to be some financial center for people to buy and sell stock, bonds and other investments and for business to raise money.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
8:49 am
“Or how about the OTHER Rice, Condi?”
meh. I’d rather have DONNA Rice than Condi Rice
(actually, I’ve met Donna Rice – she’s very nice even if she has gone a bit religious wackadoo)
the cat
November 29th, 2012
8:52 am
Enter your comments here
the cat
November 29th, 2012
8:53 am
Reading the overnights, I see Thulsa is back to his drunken posting ways. He is very offensive and should be banned but obviously not my blog.
Richard Pryor
November 29th, 2012
8:55 am
Brewster’s Millions…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9kMHiqS6Kg
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
8:59 am
Andrea Mitchell and R.Maddow..now there are 2 OBJECTIVE opinions.
I’m not sure what plain ol’ objectivity has to do with how valid an idea might be.
However, for the record, Mrs. Alan Greenspan is probably as respectable a TV journalist/host as there is out there.
And Rachel, even if you disagree with her, tends to be very circumspect in her on-air speculation. She doesn’t toss stuff out there that she isn’t prepared to back up, and she’ll show her work, unlike those other two jackasses from the right you mentioned.
And last night, she actually *apologized* for using the word “stupid,” to describe the case-against the Goopers are making for Susan Rice. That’s how rarely she resorts to such base language.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
November 29th, 2012
8:59 am
Rice V. McCain
Personal Vendetta
“She mocked McCain’s trip to Iraq (“strolling around the market in a flak jacket”), called his policies “reckless” and said “his tendency is to shoot first and ask questions later. It’s dangerous.”
~Dana Milbank, Washington Post
What she said then remains true and I’d like to see her restate that publically and emphatically.
McCain REMAINS reckless and dangerous.
Brosephus™
November 29th, 2012
9:00 am
Morning folks…
Was the blogging last night due to the full moon or what? Y’all are some crazy mofo’s here….
Oscar
November 29th, 2012
9:03 am
Bro = Slow news day and a lot of bitterness left over from the election.
Or maybe just one of those days.
I noticed Jeff Schultz picked the Dawgs. Running with no huddle.
Alex
November 29th, 2012
9:06 am
@ stands, I agree with R.M.she does think but she’s hardly objective..But, she definitely is a breath of fresh air on msnbc..As for revenge, McCain definitely has it in him, ask him about Jane Fonda and his broken back, Don’t screw witha man who was in the Hanoi Hilton for 5 years, perhaps she’s not smart enough to realize that and perhaps that DOES say something, perhaps…
@ Bro: yup, time to move on….
curious
November 29th, 2012
9:07 am
Asked earlier; Why not a National lottery?
Brosephus™
November 29th, 2012
9:08 am
Oscar
I won’t blog at Schultz’s, but I would question his reasoning if he didn’t. He probably has a dog bone shaped bed complete with a Bulldog sheet set.
Oscar
November 29th, 2012
9:15 am
Bro- I blog every now and then on Bradley’s blog. Did Sunday on his piece on Georgia Tech.
Sports bloggers are more crazy than political bloggers.
Tundra Dude
November 29th, 2012
9:15 am
Money can’t buy happiness … right?
So what….
The list of things money _Can_ buy is much longer….
guy
November 29th, 2012
9:16 am
Money can’t buy happiness but it can damn sure buy obama’s re-election! Debt up 6 trillion since he took over. Now it’s his baby and let the fun begin! It’s George Washington’s fault!
Rumor has it
November 29th, 2012
9:17 am
Republicans would rather have John Kerry instead of Rice for SOS. This would give Scott Brown a chance on capturing John Kerry’s seat..
WASHINGTON — Recently defeated Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) wasn’t willing to announce any plans to seek another office Tuesday, but he was willing to recommend his senior Democratic colleague, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.), for an Obama administration position that would open up a seat in the Bay State.
Asked if he was interested in running for Senate or governor of Massachusetts should either position open up, Brown, who lost reelection last week to Elizabeth Warren, declined to say yes or no.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/13/scott-brown-john-kerry-secretary-of-state_n_2125226.html
JKL2
November 29th, 2012
9:19 am
Money can’t buy happiness, but it makes being miserable a whole lot easier.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
9:24 am
“now there are 2 OBJECTIVE opinions”
opinions, by definition, AREN’T objective.
TaxPayer
November 29th, 2012
9:25 am
Republicans worship money. They spent enough of it on their candidate, Mitt. Even with the hundreds of millions or billions or whatever the total, their candidate could not beat Obama. Hence, Republicans must accept their true messiah, President Obama. Anyway, that’s why I believe Republicans refer to President Obama as their messiah.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
9:25 am
“Money can’t buy happiness but it can damn sure buy obama’s re-election! ”
right. because Mittens and Unca Karl didn’t spend ANYthing …
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
9:26 am
JKL – 9:19 – word.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 29th, 2012
9:28 am
Great story about the company that made the tail for Winter (became the movie Dolphin Tale) helping out Pirelli the dog
http://www.11alive.com/video/default.aspx?bctid=1965380531001
TaxPayer
November 29th, 2012
9:30 am
Hostess Brands Inc. plans to ask for a judge’s approval Thursday to give its top executives bonuses totaling up to $1.8 million as part of its wind-down plans.
If only those greedy workers had been willing to give up even more! It’s their fault those executives earned those bonuses.
St Simons - he-ne-ha BOOTAKOOK 2014
November 29th, 2012
9:30 am
Is Mittens surging yet? – maybe today’s the day! heheheh
Cosby
November 29th, 2012
9:30 am
Maybe you should tell your Democratic buddies inc.luding the anoited one that they do not need any more money it will not bring them happiness
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
9:31 am
“Don’t screw witha man who was in the Hanoi Hilton for 5 years, perhaps she’s not smart enough to realize that and perhaps that DOES say something, perhaps…”
McCain was a POW in Viet Nam???
really???
he never talks about it.
please – that’s about ALL he’s got – his “political capital” has long been spent.
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
9:32 am
Debt up 6 trillion since he took over.
Are you frightened by big numbers? Wish that the economy of the richest, most powerful nation ever on earth could be run like a working-class household’s?
If you are, that’s ok, apparently lots of people share your neurosis. But you ought to recognize it for what it is.
Oscar
November 29th, 2012
9:33 am
Once you have enough money for the basics, additional money does not bring more happiness. But if you don’t have enough for a place to live, food, clothes, etc then happeniess is hard to come by.
guy
November 29th, 2012
9:34 am
TaxPayer, There is only one Messiah and that is Jesus Christ. No human being is a messiah except those with warped minds. Don’t put your faith in humans as you will be let down most of the time.We do have choices and everyone has to choose what floats their boat!
Oscar
November 29th, 2012
9:34 am
McCain – Why is he even still around. And why does anyone listen to what he says. Lights went out long ago.
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 29th, 2012
9:35 am
Gotta love the silliness of the $6 trillion blame claim. Like somehow it would have been zero if McCain had won.
curious
November 29th, 2012
9:35 am
If money doesn’t buy happiness, why are the rich so determined to pay less tax?
Are all of them just miserable?
Doggone/GA
November 29th, 2012
9:38 am
Anyone who says money can’t buy love or happiness…never owned a puppy
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think.
November 29th, 2012
9:39 am
USinUK,
I saw the Maddow show this morning too. What she says about Mass. does have that ring of truth. And it’s right up the alley of how the GOP works. Susan Rice is, and will remain so, the best qualified for the job.
Just got back from the Doctors about my knee. The main problem with it is a double torn meniscus. I was offered two surgery days. Xmas eve or new Years Eve. Never on Kiddie day and New Years Eve is my anniversary. The wife said to do it then. I think she doesn’t want to go out with me…
Alex
November 29th, 2012
9:39 am
US in UK, oh BS, degrees of objectivity… Bunch of BS, same for you Taxpayer, repubs “worship ” money, oh BS, You feel better, fullof self serving crap. True messiah:Obama, how incredibly arrogant, Billions spent on both sides…ask Soros…Goodness….
Anyway back to reality, a repub in a mass senate seat, difficult to imagine. I do understand he was somewhat moderate. As for Kerry, would pass muster in the Senate, but would he be a good SOS?
guy
November 29th, 2012
9:39 am
Think of all the hell raising and bashing if McCain had been elected and the debt had gone up 6 trillion.That’s not silliness,it’s just the truth.
Joe Hussein Mama
November 29th, 2012
9:40 am
SfD — “However, for the record, Mrs. Alan Greenspan is probably as respectable a TV journalist/host as there is out there.”
FWIW, I have some trust issues with Mitchell. She and Tim Russert were both hip-deep in the Valerie Plame affair, yet went blithely along, continuing to report on the story while never once mentioning the very salient fact that they were both on the potential witness list.
In a case like that, “respectability” would have involved getting oneself taken *off* that story AFAICS.
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
9:41 am
Like somehow it would have been zero if McCain had won.
Can’t remember which of the regulars here does this, but I keep hearing “is our overall debt going to be ONE PENNY LESS at the end of Obama’s second term!” from one of ‘em — as if any human in that office could not only erase the budget deficits, but also start PAYING DOWN THE FLIPPIN’ DEBT, inside of four years.
Not even Mitt Romney, force-fed meth and the massaged by Pete Peterson, would make such a claim.
Joe Hussein Mama
November 29th, 2012
9:41 am
Doggone — “Anyone who says money can’t buy love or happiness…never owned a puppy”
In that case, money can certainly buy a new mop and a urine-soaked bathroom rug.
barking frog
November 29th, 2012
9:41 am
A shame that the SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS did not win the
lottery..it would have done so much for heritage preservation.
TaxPayer
November 29th, 2012
9:41 am
guy,
I’m just offering an explanation for why Republicans call President Obama their messiah. You are free to make what you wish of their faith.
Oscar
November 29th, 2012
9:42 am
Curious – Not sure all rich people are like that. We only hear from the ones that speak out about wanting to pay less tax.
Maybe the ones that complain have inferior feelings due to a small body part.
Alex
November 29th, 2012
9:43 am
Lots of orthos out there, get another offer, get a second opinion……ALWAYS agood idea before surgery. Doggone;yep,plain and simple..
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
9:44 am
FWIW, I have some trust issues with Mitchell.
Me too (obviously, sharing a bed with Irrational Exuberance makes me suspicious, hence my earlier honorific), but thanks for that fallen-down-the-memory-hole example about the Plame affair.
TaxPayer
November 29th, 2012
9:45 am
Poor Alex appears to have woken up grumpy.
skipper
November 29th, 2012
9:45 am
Jay,
I am sure there is much debate on $ and happiness….therefore, I humbly volunteer to be the guinea-pig and take all the lottery winnings. I’ll report back to all ya’ll and let you learn from my astute observation!
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 29th, 2012
9:46 am
Doggone, have to agree about the pups. Did you happen to see my earlier post about Pirelli?
Joe Hussein Mama
November 29th, 2012
9:47 am
SfD — “thanks for that fallen-down-the-memory-hole example about the Plame affair.”
I think my torque level over that reached its peak when I saw Mitchell and Russert, both on camera and *chatting* about it as if they were mere observers. I wanted to reach through the screen and slap both of them silly.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
9:47 am
“US in UK, oh BS, degrees of objectivity”
Alex – someone pi$$ in your cornflakes this morning???
Maddow presented an opinion and discussed it with Mrs. Greenspan, who also thought it had some merit, albeit she didn’t show much enthusiasm for the idea.
I think Maddow’s opinion has merit. Deal with it.
guy
November 29th, 2012
9:48 am
I am mostly conservative and not ashamed to admit it.obama is no messiah to me. NO FREAKING WAY!!!
Keep Up the Good Fight!
November 29th, 2012
9:49 am
Stands, fully agree. And the same posters supported Mitt even when most every proposal he had was shown to make the deficit worse than Obama’s plans. Extreme ODS
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
9:51 am
JHM – 9:47 – no kidding … the “how did this happen?!” shock (shock! I tell you) from the Villagers was a bit tough to take.
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
9:55 am
Ok, I did a quick news.googling of Susan Rice AND Scott Brown, and got:
this
Talk of John Kerry getting the top diplomatic job has quieted, especially since the election, as it would open up a Senate seat that could go to Republican Scott Brown. Other names—ranging from Tom Donilon to Dick Lugar to even Bill Clinton—seem to be everything from less likely to far-fetched.
and this lovely bit of concern trollery:
Having come to Rice’s defense, Obama risks looking weak if he nominates someone else, such as Massachusetts Democrat John Kerry, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. While Kerry would probably win Senate confirmation, as Collins said yesterday, his move could give just-defeated Republican Senator Scott Brown a shot at retaking a Bay State Senate seat.
and much less high profile, but far more explicit,take
Pundits at all levels have been scratching their heads at the persistence of Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) in opposing a nomination for a cabinet post that hasn’t even been officially acknowledged by the White House.
The presumptive nominee, United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice for Secretary of State in the second Obama administration, has now completed two days of private meetings with the senators, and they, joined by other Republican senators, continue to claim that her performance on Sunday talk shows months ago disqualifies her for the office.
An explanation to provoke head smacks becomes obvious, however, when you consider who the second choice might be. Senator John Kerry would relinquish the Democratic seat he has held for 28 years for Massachusetts. Republican Scott Brown, who narrowly lost the other Massachusetts seat in a bitter battle with Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), would be ready to step into a special election and pick up where he left off.
that’s just a sampling. In short–at this point, it’s not just Rachel and Andrea.
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
9:56 am
whoops, forgot to insert third linkee @ 9.55, here it is:
http://www.policymic.com/articles/19768/ambassador-susan-rice-the-quiet-reason-the-gop-has-been-bullying-her
Doggone/GA
November 29th, 2012
9:57 am
“Did you happen to see my earlier post about Pirelli?”
I did, but I’m at work and can’t open the link from here
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
10:01 am
I humbly volunteer to be the guinea-pig and take all the lottery winnings.
You just jarred an ancient memory.
Mind you, I love George Harrison, but I remember when his single “Give me Love” came out, some letter-writer to Rolling Stone wagged: “When he sings ‘help me cope/with this heavy load’, does that mean he has too much money? Because I would be happy to help him with that.”
ByteMe - Got ilk?
November 29th, 2012
10:04 am
Just caught this and got a great laugh:
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2012/11/gay-women-will-marry-your-boyfriends
(Soooo not suitable for playing out loud at work unless you want everyone looking over the wall at what you’re watching)
Oscar
November 29th, 2012
10:05 am
John Kerry as SOS. Don’t think so. He is the most angry man in town. Can’t see him mediating any dispute and getting an agreement.
Can see him stirring up more disagreement and creating more tension.
Joe Hussein Mama
November 29th, 2012
10:05 am
SfD — “help me cope/with this heavy load”
I always thought he was looking for peeps to help with that contents of that massive bowl attached to his water pipe.
St Simons - he-ne-ha BOOTAKOOK 2014
November 29th, 2012
10:05 am
US Running Xmas Sale on Passports
there you go, cons
St Simons - he-ne-ha BOOTAKOOK 2014
November 29th, 2012
10:08 am
what is this ‘John Kerry SOS’ crap all over the raydio and wingnuttia?
the next SOS is Ms Susan Rice, and that’s MA’AM to you, cons
suck it up, cons this is getting cringe-worthy
skipper
November 29th, 2012
10:11 am
You got libs, conservatives, lefties, righties, blah blah blah. But Rachel Maddow? She makes Cynthia McKinney look like a Newt Gingrich disciple! C’mon, Corbin! She is farther away from reality than Rush! Independents, where are you? Where is common sense?
lovelyliz
November 29th, 2012
10:12 am
“So if money can’t buy happiness I guess I’ll have to rent it” – Weird Al
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
10:13 am
She is farther away from reality than Rush!
Ok, make your case. Show your work.
Joe Hussein Mama
November 29th, 2012
10:14 am
skipper — “But Rachel Maddow? She makes Cynthia McKinney look like a Newt Gingrich disciple! C’mon, Corbin! She is farther away from reality than Rush!”
You might get some traction with that argument if you’d ever actually watched her show. As it stands, though, it’s pretty apparent that you haven’t.
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think.
November 29th, 2012
10:15 am
Skipper,
Obviously, you have never spent time with her show. Open your mind, look around other than to the right.
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
10:16 am
He is the most angry man in town.
and… ’sup with that^^? Every time I’ve seen Kerry in the past, oh, 7½ years, he seems to have a Buddha-like serenity about him, likely just glad as hell that he didn’t wind up having to steer the ship of state through the Big Sh-tpile Collapse of 2007.
moonbat betty
November 29th, 2012
10:17 am
Sorry folks,
Jay hit 5 of the 6 numbers and went to Disney Land.
This ship is forever rudderless.
Doggone/GA
November 29th, 2012
10:18 am
“the next SOS is Ms Susan Rice, and that’s MA’AM to you, cons”
She hasn’t even been nominated yet. It’s ALL a tempest in a teapot (tea party?)
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 29th, 2012
10:19 am
“Money can’t buy happiness … right?”
No …………. and neither can a raise in taxes without big cuts.
“TAX NOW, CUT ‘LATER’ ” (Obama)
Don’t fall for Republicans ………….. stick to your guns !
barking frog
November 29th, 2012
10:21 am
SOSs are just gladhanders with checkbooks nowadays. The fuss is silly.
The President should have who he wants.
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
10:21 am
Hey, you guys who want to *cut* spending at a time of still-high unemployment?
Your guru is here. Bow down to wise Scouty McDigits.
He will learn ya real good about them mackerel-eekonomix.
They BOTH suck
November 29th, 2012
10:22 am
“Don’t fall for Republicans”
Well based on the election results, it appears that the electorate didn’t “fall for Republicans”.
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
10:22 am
Soooo not suitable for playing out loud at work unless you want everyone looking over the wall at what you’re watching
indeed.
moonbat betty
November 29th, 2012
10:24 am
Oprah for SOS!
Save us all Oprah!
The world needs you!
moonbat betty
November 29th, 2012
10:25 am
Hopefully the dems will cut mortgage deductions to spark the housing industry…
guy
November 29th, 2012
10:25 am
The president should have his way! If not,there will be charges of RACISM Sound familiar?
BOO HOO,CRY,CRY,CRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
larry
November 29th, 2012
10:26 am
Well based on the election results, it appears that the electorate didn’t “fall for Republicans”.
I wish someone would tell them that…………again!!
St Simons - he-ne-ha BOOTAKOOK 2014
November 29th, 2012
10:26 am
i concur with sfd & ms. maddow
concern trolling to open a senate seat, in a senate where you got
shellacked.
Concern trolling won’t open up a senate seat for Scotty, cons.
get a grip dudes, you’re embarrassing really
Alex
November 29th, 2012
10:27 am
In regards to the “maliness”of kerry, see 2nd reference by stands…sexist BS, many believe Rice would actually be tougher than Kerry, and if a lack of an X chromosomen is unacceptable, then toss in a Kleinfelter: 2 X’s and a Y, sheesh,
Cringe worthy, love the golden Isles, outpost of the Gilded in the 20’s , beautiful for Christmas at the “club”…porter, porter, be gentle with those bags, Talley ho ho ho
TaxPayer
November 29th, 2012
10:31 am
Don’t fall for Republicans
No problem.
Oscar
November 29th, 2012
10:32 am
stands – Maybe it’s just his accent. But never thought of his as Budda like.
TaxPayer
November 29th, 2012
10:34 am
Pending home sales at a six-year high. Maybe that’s what lottery winners are doing with their money.
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
10:35 am
Oscar @ 10.32, not his voice, his body language, I guess.
He seems completely at ease… maybe not Buddha, but… Biden-like? Now, those are two men of a Certain Age who seem to be enjoying what they do for a living these days, tremendously.
TaxPayer
November 29th, 2012
10:37 am
There were over 8 million other lottery winners. Some of them won over a million. Jay. The odds are long but Jay could… nah! He would have at least posted a gone fishin’ sign. Right Jay.
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
10:37 am
speaking of George Harrison … saw an interview with his son a couple of years ago … absolutely creeped me out how much he looks like his dad (who, incidentally, was my favorite Beatle)
DannyX
November 29th, 2012
10:37 am
“Sound familiar?
BOO HOO,CRY,CRY,CRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Yes, in fact that does sound familiar. Very familiar. After the Republican fall 3 weeks ago it’s been nothing but boo hoo, cry, cry, “kiss my boo-boo” from Republicans, especially around here.
Corbin Sharpe. I think, therefore I am...I think.
November 29th, 2012
10:38 am
Jay was probably mugged on his way to the Lottery Office…
USinUK - not very ladylike (and former Girl Scout)
November 29th, 2012
10:38 am
“Don’t fall for Republicans ”
fall for them?
no.
trip them?
hrm. maybe.
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
10:39 am
Gooper numerology SHEETZ.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
November 29th, 2012
10:40 am
Excuse me ………… “it” …………..
They BOTH suck
November 29th, 2012
10:41 am
Scout
That was great advice telling folks not to “fall for Republicans”.
Good job. Even you are seeing the light.
stands for decibels
November 29th, 2012
10:43 am
yeah, based on interviews I’ve heard, George’s son has inherited not just his looks, but bright, just-snarky-enough personality as well.
incidentally, was my favorite Beatle
I can’t pick a favorite, but of the four, the one I’d most like to know in person, just because I think he’d be a terrific person to know, with something to share? yeah.
heading upstairs.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
November 29th, 2012
10:49 am
Jay was probably mugged on his way to the Lottery Office…
Well, my guess is he’s plugging away at writing something for the old stopped-up grannies that are the only ones that buy the paper version of the AJC. We just get whatever’s left over. He don’t recognize our value.
Trolls Bane
November 29th, 2012
10:55 am
Can money buy happiness, to a point.
Money can buy love, sex, friendship (of a sort), loyalty (of a sort). Money can NEVER buy a clean conscience, a pure soul, or piece of mind.
GT
November 29th, 2012
11:00 am
Oscar I think there are Mortgage Back Security criminals walking around free right now. They sold fraudulent paper all over the globe, in the good faith of Wall Street. They made their astronomical commissions, even turn around and bought short on some of the very same paper they paddled as 20 carets.
As for Wall Street, this last crash showed an innate tenancy of the street for systemic, as oppose to healthy competition, deals. We call it the good ole boy system down here where people become too familiar with each other and do illegal inside deals that compromise the system. To hell with 20%, the real reason Wall Street stands is it has the corrupt power to do so. It is an antiquated vehicle of commerce that spikes the odds like Las Vegas. Or in other words we can be just as immoral at home, as the Georgia state government has argued and plainly demonstrated, for years, as some Yankee in New York City.
kosh21
November 29th, 2012
11:15 am
Did she steal the concrete slab, too?
guy
November 29th, 2012
12:12 pm
Danny X Remember,the sun doesn’t shine on one liberals rear end everyday. You have a distinct advantage over me in that you can kiss mine and I can’t!!!! You lucky lib!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Love those libs!!!!
skipper
November 29th, 2012
1:40 pm
Actually, I have watched her (Maddow’s) show to see what she was up to…….Rachel or Richard, BTW?
JohnnyReb
November 29th, 2012
2:25 pm
For all you gloating Moonbats, here’s a sobering statistic courtesy of Bill Whittle.
Despite all the things Republicans are accussed of doing badly, many from the keyboard of this blogs author and followers, the Country remains almost divided in half as to political party preference.
To be back in power, all we Republicans have to do is a few things right and the balance shifts to us.
So, it is not the gloom and doom the Left wing propaganda machine puts forth. It’s still a matter of a few million voters.
If I was a Moonbat, God forbid, I would be more interested in fixing things to meet voter expectations than wallowing in short-lived glory.